Ale'-pole, Ale

-POST, n. A pole or post set up for a sign before an ale-house. Ale-silver, n. A rent or tribute anciently paid to the Lord Mayor of London by the sellers of ale. A le and ria, ("City of Alexander,") a fortified town of N. Italy, Piedmont, cap of a prov. of the same name, on the Tanaro, 56 m. E.S. E. of Turin. It has a cathedral, barracks, and many public edifices. Manf ., silks, linens, woollen goods, stockings, and hats. Pop 59,000. In the extensive and barren plain of San Giuliano, 2 miles S.E. of A. , is the little village of Marengo, celebrated for the great victory gained by Napoleon I. over the Austrians, on June 14, 1800.