Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Vinegar produced by the fermentation of ale.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ale or beer which has been passed through the acetous fermentation; sour ale, used in the north of England as a cheap substitute for vinegar.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Sour ale; vinegar made of ale.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
vinegar produced fromfermented ale .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This was the standard form of vinegar in beer-drinking Britain, where it was originally called alegar.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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This was the standard form of vinegar in beer-drinking Britain, where it was originally called alegar.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Take a little good alegar, put to it a little long pepper and
English Housewifery 2004
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Jamaica pepper, a few bay leaves, a little horse-radish, a handful or two of mustard-seed, a little salt and a little rockambol if you have any, if not a few shalots; boil them altogether in the alegar, which put to your walnuts and let it stand three or four days, giving them a scald once a day, then tie them up for use.
English Housewifery 2004
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Scale and clean your herrings, take out the milts and roans, and skewer them round, season them with a little pepper and salt, put them in a deep pot, cover them with alegar, put to them a little whole Jamaica pepper, and two or three bay leaves; bake them and keep them for use.
English Housewifery 2004
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Take a quart of vinegar or alegar, put it into a jug, then take
English Housewifery 2004
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Take a little alegar or white wine vinegar, and put to it two or three blades of mace, with a little whole pepper and Jamaica pepper, a few bay leaves and salt, put to your buds, and scald them two or three times, then they are fit for use.
English Housewifery 2004
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Take a little alegar, (the quantity must be equal to the quantity of your cucumbers, and so must your seasoning) a little pepper, a little Jamaica and long pepper, two or three shalots, a little horse-radish scraped or sliced, and little salt and a bit of allum, boil them altogether, and scald your cucumbers two or three times with your pickle, so tie them up for use.
English Housewifery 2004
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And as to your Rhenish and claret, and such stuff, I would not give a penny for the lot -- I'd as soon have a quart of alegar.
It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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She stuck to his heels all the way along, and she beat him black and blue with her tongue, and he looked like a butt of alegar with a hogshead o 'mustard in it.
All's Well Alice's Victory Emily Sarah Holt 1864
jaime_d commented on the word alegar
From Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution
March 6, 2011
qms commented on the word alegar
The ale that is brewed by one Gallagher
Is never a champion challenger.
The judge always fails it.
I don't know what ails it
But, my! It's a fine batch of alegar.
May 11, 2017
bilby commented on the word alegar
I wonder if they make it in Srinegar?
May 12, 2017
qms commented on the word alegar
A brewmaster's post is a sinecure
In abstinent towns such as Srinagar,
But still they are tickled
With veggies well pickled
So happy with Gallagher's vinegar.
May 12, 2017
bilby commented on the word alegar
*thunderousapplause*!
May 13, 2017
qms commented on the word alegar
*deep bows and blushes*
May 13, 2017