A'LEWIFE, or A'LOOF, noun
An American fish, belonging to the genus Clupea, and called Clupea Serrata. it resembles the herring. The established pronunciation is alewife plu alewives.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.