ALE
ale
(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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ale (countable and uncountable, plural ales)
(dated) A beer made without hops.
A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized.
A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
Synonyms
• (liquor): beer (loosely), yill
Anagrams
• E-la, ELA, Ela, LAE, LEA, Lea, ael, lea
Source: Wiktionary
Ale, n. Etym: [AS. ealu, akin to Icel., Sw., and Dan. öl, Lith. alus
a kind of beer, OSlav. ol 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.
Note: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition