alewife

[Ale·wife`]

An alewife is a small fish, a type of herring. Alewives are found in the Atlantic Ocean, primarily in the Northeast of the US and Canada.

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Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).

Noun
shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus

Noun
flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams

n.
A woman who keeps an alehouse.

n.
A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.

Alewife

Ale"hoof` , n. [AS. hfe ground ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe hedgehove, 38 ground ivy, 'bdin old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue, halehoue.'b8 [Prior]. Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).> Ale"wife` , n.; pl. Alewives . A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.

Alewife

Ale"hoof` , n. [AS. hfe ground ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe hedgehove, 38 ground ivy, 'bdin old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue, halehoue.'b8 [Prior]. Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).> Ale"wife`, n.; pl. Alewives. [This word is properly aloof, the Indian name of a fish. See Winthrop on the culture of maize in America, "Phil Trans." No. 142, p. 1065, and Baddam's "Memoirs," vol. ii. p. 131.] (Zo'94l.) A North American fish (Clupea vernalis) of the Herring family. It is called also ellwife, ellwhop, branch herring. The name is locally applied to other related species.

Alexanders, Alisanders

Ale"hoof` , n. [AS. hfe ground ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe hedgehove, 38 ground ivy, 'bdin old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue, halehoue.'b8 [Prior]. Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).> Al`ex*an"ders , Al`i*san"ders , n. [OE. alisaundre, OF. alissandere, fr. Alexander or Alexandria.] (Bot) A name given to two species of the genus Smyrnium, formerly cultivated and used as celery now is; -- called also horse parsely.

Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).

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