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Silvery herring
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alewife
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Alewife \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["o]l.) ...
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Alewife is an MBTA Red Line subway station located in North Cambridge, Massachusetts . The northern terminus of the Red Line, Alewife serves as a local intermodal transit hub . Its facilities include a multi-level parking garage with 2,733 spaces, three ...
Usage examples of alewife.
The butler and cupbearers served fine Burgundy as the alewife and her seductive daughter, Edith, sauntered about, proffering their ale and mead.
Faggots of wood and bags of fodder were carted up to the castle along with the casks of alewife and Pilsener unloaded from the barges floating along the river.
But of my own knowledge, I know that down to the year 1850, sharks and shad, alewives and herring, against Linnaeus's express edict, were still found dividing the possession of the same seas with the Leviathan.
While overcooked and oversalted lake alewife fillets in a sealed pot of brine was not my idea of a good time, there were folks inland for whom that was a great if expensive treat, and a very good supplement to a diet that consisted largely of bread and onion, with too little protein.
But of my own knowledge, I know that down to the year 1850, sharks and shads, alewives and herring, against Linnæus's express edict, were still found dividing the possession of the same seas with the Leviathan.