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beeregar ? Obs.|ˈbɪərɪgə(r)|
Also berhegor, 6 beereager, bear-, beareger, 7 beeregre.
[f. beer n.1+ egre, eager = F. aigre sour; after vinegar, alegar.]
Sour beer; vinegar formed by the acetous fermentation of beer.
a1500Manners & Househ. Exp. of Eng. 456 The master of the schepe hathe..vij. galones berhegor. 1586Bright Melanch. vi. 29 Of sauces those that be sharpe, as veriuyce aliger, or beareger, vinegar. 1592–3Act 35 Eliz. xi. §3 To carrie any Wyne Caske out of this Realme with any Beere or Beereager. 1720Stow's Survey (Strype, 1754) II. v. xv. 324/1 The Flemings bought great quantities..of Beeregre for the cooling of their Ordinance. 1882Rogers Hist. of Agric. Prices IV. 618 Aleager and bereager..are malt vinegar. |