单词 | ale-drinking |
释义 | > as lemmasale-drinking b. Objective. With participles, as ale-brewing, ale-drinking, etc.; with agent or verbal nouns, as ale brewer [earliest attested as a surname] , ale drinker, alemonger [earliest attested as a surname] , ale seller, ale selling, etc. ΚΠ OE Beowulf (2008) 1945 Ealodrincende oðer sædan, þæt hio leodbealewa læs gefremede. 1294–1307 in B. Thuresson Middle Eng. Occup. Terms (1950) 202 (MED) Joh. le Almongere..Theobald le Alemongere. 1311 in G. Fransson Middle Eng. Surnames (1935) 78 (MED) Cristin le Alebrewere. c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 33/2 Of the maner of ale brewing be assise. 1456 in 5th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS: Pt. 1 (1876) App. 492 in Parl. Papers (C. 1432) XL. 1 Every ale brewer off the said towne off Rye shall answer, gader, and pay the Maltode [etc.]. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vv Potycaryes, ale brewers, and bakers. 1577 J. Aylmer Articles to be enquired Of sig. A.iii Whether any vittaling, typling, or ale selling be had and kept within the mansion house of any Person or Vicar. 1610 B. Rich New Descr. Irel. xvii. 70 This free Mart of Ale-selling in Dublyne, is prohibited to none. 1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Trantery, so in some Mannors they call the Money arising by Amercements of Alesellers and Victuallers, for breaking the Assise of Bread and Ale. 1720 in T. Lewis Eng. Presbyterian Eloquence v. 30 A Crew of Ale-Swilling Singing Men. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 280 The speciallest species of ale-drinking..rhetoricians. 1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. i. 98 There are few great ale-drinkers who are not phthisical. 1786 W. Cowper Let. 16 Dec. (1981) II. 619 A Shoemaker and an Alemonger have proposed themselves as joint-candidates to succeed us. 1824 T. Carlyle Let. 27 Sept. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) III. 158 Jolly ale-drinking, beef-eating people. 1833 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) II. 490 If the ale-dealers keep any of the razors for their own use. 1865 Meliora 8 190 Common ale-selling had proved a common nuisance. 1946 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xvi. 188 The ale-drinking Thespian. 1979 Homes & Gardens June 83/1 Often these declare their purpose at a glance, with wheel-engraved patterns of the ale brewer's hop leaves and barley. 1998 Grocer 22 Aug. 63/3 It [sc. a wheat beer] will appeal to more serious ale drinkers who would hate to appear trendy. 2009 P. Glennie & N. Thrift Shaping Day iv. 129 Tapsters (that is to say, the retail alemongers) were only to buy beer from the brewers in the latter part of the day. < as lemmas |
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