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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Ale

/(āl)/ · IPA /eɪl/
01 n. An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
  1. 1.
    An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
  2. 2.
    A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.