WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Ale"wife`
Part of Speech : n.; pl. Alewives.
Definition : Defn: A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ale"wife`
Part of Speech : n.; pl. Alewives.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : Defn: 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.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913