beeregar ? Obs.
(ˈbɪərɪgə(r))
Also berhegor, 6 beereager, bear-, beareger, 7 beeregre.
[f. beer n.1+ egre, eager = F. aigre sour; after vinegar, alegar.]
Sour beer; vinegar formed by the acetous fermentation of beer.
| a 1500 Manners & Househ. Exp. of Eng. 456 The master of the schepe hathe..vij. galones berhegor. 1586 Bright Melanch. vi. 29 Of sauces those that be sharpe, as veriuyce aliger, or beareger, vinegar. 1592–3 Act 35 Eliz. xi. §3 To carrie any Wyne Caske out of this Realme with any Beere or Beereager. 1720 Stow's Survey (Strype, 1754) II. v. xv. 324/1 The Flemings bought great quantities..of Beeregre for the cooling of their Ordinance. 1882 Rogers Hist. of Agric. Prices IV. 618 Aleager and bereager..are malt vinegar. |