Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sweet fortified wine originally made in Greece and now produced mainly in Madeira.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of grape.
- noun A wine, usually sweet, strong, and of high flavor, originally and still made in Greece, but now especially in the Canary and Madeira islands, and also in the Azores and in Spain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A sweet, fortified
wine made inMadeira , originally from themalvasia grape.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sweet Madeira wine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Before leaving, the boats were loaded with casks of the local quaffer, which was usually a blend of several grapes: verdelho, sercial, bual, malvasia (also known as malmsey), and terrantez.
Slate Magazine Mike Steinberger 2010
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Of course she knows things that every English schoolboy used to know, like the Duke of Clarence — Edward's other brother — drowning in a barrel of malmsey.
Houses Divided Geoffrey Moorhouse 2009
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The first is while bantering with Princess: "Nay then, two treys, and if you grow so nice, Metheglin, wort, and malmsey: well run, dice!"
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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The first is while bantering with Princess: "Nay then, two treys, and if you grow so nice, Metheglin, wort, and malmsey: well run, dice!"
Shakespeare on Games 2008
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Meghan - I can think of worse ways to go :- Drowned in a butt of malmsey, like Richard III's brother.
June recipe: Frittata Carla 2008
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And rising, and putting the tankard of malmsey to his lips, he passed it to Sir
Westward Ho! 2007
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If I write it down here I might even remember - it wasn't the Duke of Malmesbury who drowned in a butt of sack, it was the Duke of Clarence who drowned in a vat of malmsey. tortipede says it so it must be true.
Acquisitiveness and girlpower motodraconis 2007
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Not to mention the Duke of Clarence in Richard III, said to have drowned in a tub of malmsey.
Inspired Ingredients in the Kitchen, Oasis of Calm in the Dining Room 2006
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When it came to the bottle of malmsey he offered for dessert, I decided to test Mr. von Rock.
Inspired Ingredients in the Kitchen, Oasis of Calm in the Dining Room 2006
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When it came to the bottle of malmsey he offered for dessert, I decided to test Mr. von Rock.
Inspired Ingredients in the Kitchen, Oasis of Calm in the Dining Room 2006
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