Ale
[eɪl] or [el]
Definition
(noun.) a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume.
Checker: Mortimer--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
(n.) A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
Typed by Levi
Definition
n. a beverage made from an infusion of malt by fermentation: a festival so called from the liquor drunk.—ns. Ale′berry a beverage made from ale; Ale′conner an ale-taster a civic officer appointed to test the quality of the ale brewed—A.S. cunnere a trier; Ale′-house a house in which ale is sold.
Typist: Rex
Examples
- You don't remember me I see, but my name is Bell, and once or twice when the parsonage has been full, I've slept here, and tasted your good ale. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I shall take a mere mouthful of ham and a glass of ale, he said, reassuringly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- After watching me into the second chop, he said: 'There's half a pint of ale for you. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Beer and ale, for example, in Great Britain, and wine, even in the wine countries, I call luxuries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We are neither hypocrites or fools --for the rest, 'Dost thou think because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mr. Tupman did as he was desired; and Mr. Pickwick having refreshed himself with a copious draught of ale, waited his friend's leisure. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- This luxury his footman procured, together with a tankard of ale from a pothouse in the immediate vicinity of the theatre. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr Kibble, an unctuous broad man of few words and many mouthfuls, said, more briefly than pointedly, raising his ale to his lips: 'Same to you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Malt is consumed, not only in the brewery of beer and ale, but in the manufacture of low wines and spirits. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He would have nothing stronger than ale; and while it was being brought, and being warmed at the fire, he sat thinking. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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