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An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.

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  1. n. An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
  2. n. A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
  3. n. 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
  4. 1. An word/intoxicating">intoxicating word/liquor">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.
  5. n:100 n. 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