Associations to the word «Alewife»

Wiktionary

ALEWIFE, noun. (archaic) A woman who keeps an alehouse.
ALEWIFE, noun. A North American fish, Clupea vernalis, of the herring family.
ALEWIFE, noun. A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus.
ALEWIFE, noun. Any of several species similar in appearance.

Dictionary definition

ALEWIFE, noun. Flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams.
ALEWIFE, noun. Shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats