Ayle vs Ale - What's the difference?
ayle | ale |
(obsolete) A grandfather.
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.
As nouns the difference between ayle and ale
is that ayle is a grandfather while ale is an intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.ayle
English
Noun
- The Writ of Ayle was an ancient English writ which lay against a stranger who had dispossessed the demandant of land of which his grandfather died seized.
Anagrams
* ----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.
