? Obs. Also berhegor, 6 beereager, bear-, beareger, 7 beeregre. [f. BEER sb.1 + egre, EAGER = F. aigre sour; after vinegar, alegar.] Sour beer; vinegar formed by the acetous fermentation of beer.
a. 1500. Manners & Househ. Exp. of Eng., 456. The master of the schepe hathe … vij. galones berhegor.
1586. Bright, Melanch., vi. 29. Of sauces those that be sharpe, as veriuyce aliger, or beareger, vinegar.
1592–3. Act 35 Eliz., xi. § 3. To carrie any Wyne Caske out of this Realme with any Beere or Beereager.
1720. Stow’s Survey (Strype, 1754), II. V. xv. 324/1. The Flemings bought great quantities … of Beeregre for the cooling of their Ordinance.
1882. Rogers, Hist. of Agric. & Prices, IV. 618. Aleager and bereager … are malt vinegar.
