malmsey
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of malmsey
1325–75; Middle English malmesye < Middle Low German ≪ Monemvasia Greek town where it was originally produced
Example Sentences
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The large harbour-town is backed by a waterfall which may prove disastrous to it; its lands were formerly famous for the high-priced malvasia Candida—Candia malmsey.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Blanquette de Limoux derives its name from the species of grape it is produced from, and which we believe to be identical with the malvoisie, or malmsey.
From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Henry Vizetelly
At the last he begged A penny-pott of malmsey.
From Collected Poems Volume Two by Alfred Noyes
Of roaring blades and stumbling mules, Of casks of malmsey wine, Of red, rip-roaring ruffians, In a thin, meandering line.
From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Charles Haven Ladd Johnston
There was malvagia—malvoisie, the same old malmsey that did for the Duke of Clarence.
From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
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