Definition of Alewefe
Ale"wife` (&?;), n.; pl.
Alewives (&?;). A woman who keeps an alehouse.
Gay.
Ale"wife`, n.; pl.
Alewives. [This word is properly aloof, the Indian
name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, "Phil
Trans." No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam's "Memoirs," vol. ii. p. 131.]
(Zoöl.) A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of
the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop,
branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related
species.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A woman who keeps an alehouse.
- A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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