'Bride-ale' definitions:
Definition of 'Bride-ale'
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Bride-ale \Bride"-ale`\, n. [See Bridal.]
A rustic wedding feast; a bridal. See Ale.
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The man that 's bid to bride-ale, if he ha' cake,
And drink enough, he need not fear his stake. --B.
Jonson.
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