ALEWIFE
Source: 524, 566, 567
A'LEWIFE, or A'LOOF, noun An American fish, belonging to the genus Clupea, and called Clupea Serrata. it resembles the herring. The established pronunciation is alewife plu alewives.
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alewife. Alewife, n. a woman who keeps an alehouse, a fish
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Ale″wife′ (�), n.; pl. Alewives (�). A woman who keeps an alehouse. Gay.