As nouns the difference between alew and alec
is that alew is a cry of despair while alec is an anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried.
As a proper noun Alec is
a diminutive of the male given name Alexander.
alew
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(obsolete, rare) A cry of despair.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.6:
*:Yet did she not lament with loude alew , / As women wont, but with deepe sighes and singults few. alec
English
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
A diminutive of the male given name Alexander.
See also
* Alex
* Alexander
* Aleck
* smart aleck
