alegar

American  

[al-uh-ger, ey-luh-] / ˈæl ə gər, ˈeɪ lə- /

noun

British Informal.

1. vinegar made from ale; sour ale.

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alegar British  

/ ˈæ-, ˈeɪlɪɡə /

noun

1. malt vinegar

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Etymology

Origin of alegar

First recorded in 1535–45; ale + (vin)egar

Example Sentences

Reguladores estatales tomaron control de una compañía de administración del cuidado de la salud de Coral Gables con el plan de liquidarla después de alegar que Florida Healthcare Plus no es financieramente sólida.

From Washington Times

The dusk, this fair chiaroscuro of the day, this coloured foreground of the night, he lengthened out as far as possible, that he might study Christmas discourses therein: and yet could his wife, without scruple, just as he was pacing up and down the room, with the sowing-sheet full of divine word-seeds hung round his shoulder,—hold up to him a spoonful of alegar, that he might try the same in his palate, and decide whether she should yet draw it off.

From Project Gutenberg

Alegar, al′e-gar, n. sour ale.

From Project Gutenberg

The dusk, this fair chiaroscuro of the day, this colored foreground of the night, he lengthened out as far as possible, that he might study Christmas discourses therein; and yet could his wife, without scruple, just as he was pacing up and down the room, with the sowing-sheet full of divine word-seeds hung round his shoulder,--hold up to him a spoonful of alegar, that he might try the same in his palate, and decide whether she should yet draw it off.

From Project Gutenberg

A man unfit for Revolutions? whose small soul, transparent wholesome-looking as small-ale, could by no chance ferment into virulent alegar,—the mother of ever-new alegar;—till all France were grown acetous virulent?

From Project Gutenberg