Of ale: ? Tasting strong of the corn or malt. Obsolete or dialect.

With reference to a type of ale or beer: not clear, cloudy; thick, dense. Cf. fat, adj. 7a. Obsolete.

Esp. of ale or beer: thoroughly fermented. Cf. work, v. 6b. Now historical and rare.

Of ale: (see quots.).

= anatto, n.

The unit proportion of malt in ale or beer. Also of the first strike = of the highest strength: said of ale. Obsolete. Cf. straik, n.1 2.

(see quot.).

Covered with bubbles.