alew en · NOUN
Etymology
Imitative. Compare halloo.
Meanings
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(obsolete, rare) A cry of despair.
Yet did she not lament with loude alew, / As women wont, but with deepe sighes and singults few.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| alews | Number=Plur | lexicographic |