Ale vs Bidale - What's the difference?
ale | bidale |
An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
(archaic, UK, dialect) An invitation of friends to drink ale at a poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief.
(Webster 1913)
As an interjection ale
is let's go!, come on!.As a noun bidale is
(archaic|uk|dialect) an invitation of friends to drink ale at a poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief.ale
English
Noun
- Note: The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all non-distilled malt liquors.