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Webster 1913 Edition


Ale

Ale

(āl)
,
Noun.
[AS.
ealu
, akin to Icel., Sw., and Dan.
öl
, Lith.
alus
a kind of beer, OSlav.
olŭ
beer. Cf. Ir.
ol
drink, drinking.]
1.
An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
☞ The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all malt liquors.
2.
A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
“At wakes and ales.”
B. Jonson.
“On ember eves and holy ales.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ale

ALE

, n.
1.
A liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation. It differs from beer, in having a smaller proportion of hops. It is of different sorts, chiefly pale and brown; the first made from malt slightly dried; the second, from malt more considerably dried or roasted. Ale was the common drink of the ancient inhabitants of Europe. It is usually made with barley; but sometimes with wheat, rye, millet, oats, &c.
2.
A merry meeting in English country places, so called from the liquor drank.
Medicated Ales are those which are prepared for medicinal purposes, by an infusion of herbs during fermentation.

Definition 2024


åle

åle

See also: ale, Ale, alé, alè, alẽ, Alę, and -ale

Danish

Noun

åle c

  1. plural indefinite of ål