ail vs ale
Definitions
verb
- cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
- be ill or unwell
noun
- aromatic bulb used as seasoning
Examples
At the iron railings turn left into the war memorial gardens.
Not bad for someone who failed to shine at school and feared he would end up in a coalyard.
Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails.
Definitions
noun
- a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume
Examples
A thin veil of fog had rolled in off the bay, obscuring his view and coating the area in a pale gray-white mist.
That gave us the time to move arbalests and mangonels into position along the walls.
Secondly, he makes the team too much money, raking in ticket and merchandise sales like crazy.
