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Ale
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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A.L.E.
Insurance.
additional living expense.
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| —n | |
| 1. | beer Compare lager a beer fermented in an open vessel using yeasts that rise to the top of the brew |
| 2. | (formerly) an alcoholic drink made by fermenting a cereal, esp barley, but differing from beer by being unflavoured by hops |
| 3. | chiefly (Brit) another word for beer |
| [Old English alu, ealu; related to Old Norse öl, Old Saxon alofat] | |
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Word Origin & History
ale
O.E. ealu "ale, beer," from P.Gmc. *aluth- (cf. O.S. alo, O.N. öl), perhaps from PIE root meaning "bitter" (cf. L. alumen "alum"), or from PIE *alu-t "ale," from base *alu-, which has connotations of "sorcery, magic, possession, intoxication." The word was borrowed from Gmc. into Lith. (alus) and
O.C.S. (olu). Ale and beer were synonymous until growing of hops began in England early 15c.
"[A]t present 'beer' is in the trade the generic name for all malt liquors, 'ale' being specifically applied to the paler coloured kinds, the malt for which has not been roasted or burnt; but the popular application of the two words varies in different localities." [OED]Meaning "festival or merry-meeting at which much ale was drunk" was in O.E. (see bridal). An alehouse (O.E. eala-huse) "is distinguished from a tavern, where they sell wine" [Johnson].
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| ALE additional living expense |
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Example sentences from the web
For centuries, trading in wool, ale, cakes and cheese created wealth for the town.
Casks used for ale or beer have shives, spiles and keystones in their openings.
However, lager production results in a cleaner tasting, drier and lighter beer than ale.
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