a.; also 8 aley. [f. ALE + -Y. For the spelling cf. scaly.] Of or characterized by ale.

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a. 1624.  N. Breton, in Heliconia, I. 213. Whose Aly nose … Would kill an honest wench to view.

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1630.  J. Taylor (Water P.), Wks., I. 126/1. To conclude this drinking Alye tale.

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1742.  Lond. & Country Brewer, I. (ed. 4), 22. Its mild aley Taste.

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