ale : Idioms & Phrases

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Adam's ale

  • , water. Coll.
Webster 1913

ale drinker

  • noun someone whose favorite drink is beer or ale
    beer drinker.
WordNet

ale silver

Ale" sil`ver
Definitions
  1. A duty payable to the lord mayor of London by the sellers of ale within the city.
Webster 1913

ale-knight

Ale"-knight` noun
Definitions
  1. A pot companion. Obs.
Webster 1913

Audit ale

  • a kind of ale, brewed at the English universities, orig. for the day of audit.
Webster 1913

Bottle ale

  • bottled ale. Obs. Shak.
Webster 1913

bride-ale

Bride"-ale` noun
Etymology
See Bridal.
Definitions
  1. A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See Ale.
    The man that 's bid to bride-ale, if he ha' cake, And drink enough, he need not fear his stake. B. Jonson.
Webster 1913

church-ale

Church"-ale` noun
Definitions
  1. A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used. Wright. Nares.
Webster 1913

clerk-ale

Clerk"-ale` noun
Definitions
  1. A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk. Eng. T. Warton.
Webster 1913

Gill ale

  • . (a) Ale flavored with ground ivy. (b) (Bot.) Alehoof.
Webster 1913

Ginger beer ∨ ale

  • a mild beer impregnated with ginger.
Webster 1913

ginger ale

  • noun ginger-flavored carbonated drink
    ginger pop.
WordNet

Leet ale

  • a feast or merrymaking in time of leet. Obs.
Webster 1913

pale ale

  • noun an amber colored ale brewed with pale malts; similar to bitter but drier and lighter
WordNet

Single ale, beer, ∨ drink

  • small ale, etc., as contrasted with double ale, etc., which is stronger. Obs. Nares.
Webster 1913

Slape ale

  • plain ale, as opposed to medicated or mixed ale. Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913