Alew

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A cry of despair. obsolete, rare

    "Yet did she not lament with loude alew, / As women wont, but with deepe sighes and singults few."

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"Yet did she not lament with loude alew, / As women wont, but with deepe sighes and singults few."

Etymology

Imitative. Compare halloo.

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