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Alehous(e, Ailhous(e, n. Also: alehowse, alhous; ailhows, aillhous(e, ailehouse; helehous. [ME. alehous, OE. ealahús.] A house where ale is sold.1388 Antiq. Aberd. & B. III. 294. 1495 Reg. Cupar A. I. 246.
The common ailhouse pertenyng til our myl of Kethik 1498 Edinb. B. Rec. 75.
That all tauernis and ailhous[is] be closit in fra the said hour furth 1506 Treas. Acc. III. 372.
To the wif of the mure alhous quhair the King disjunit 1509 Reg. Privy S. I. 279/1.
Al and sindri the kingis landis of Drumboy, with the alehous of the samyn c1500-c1512 Dunb. v. 15; Ib. 28.
Sa scho had hap to be horsit to hir herbry, Att ane ailhouse neir hevin 1535 Grant Chart. 79.
The … landis … with the myln, ailehouse, wod, fischeing and croftis 1552 Reg. Cupar A. II. 104.
Helehous 1579 Acts III. 138/1.
Passing to tavernis & ailhousis … in tyme of sermone or prayers on the sonday 1617 Ib. IV. 548/2.
Hanting of Tavernis and ailhousis efter ten houres at nycht 1624 Hist. Soc. Misc. 219.
Jhone Mitchell, for the ailhouse off Fiddes, theackis … the old girnell house

b. Attrib. with croft, man, tulȝie (quarrel). 1446 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 250.
Robert Innes hes in assedatioun of the bishope the ailhous croft of littil Dunmeitht 1572 Fam. Rose 261.
The tway plewchis landis … with the ailhous and ailhowscroft of the samen 1613 Grant Chart. 212.
Prowyding alwayis, that this mutuall band be nawayis extendit to … aillhous tulȝies and suddanties 1651 Strathbogie Presb. 196.
[He] was no tipler nor ailhouseman