metheglin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of metheglin
1525–35; < Welsh meddyglyn, equivalent to meddyg healing (< Latin medicus; see medical) + llyn liquor
Example Sentences
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That is all I have to say of metheglin.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
She might have left while I was sitting at the bar, drinking in metheglin and praise.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
The bear's meat was discussed with fairness and spirit, and pronounced right fat and fine; and the supper, washed down before and after with metheglin of Aunt Polly's happiest mix, was taken with good relish.
From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Lee, Day Kellogg
Great plotting and planning must have gone on before the hearths, while the passing tankards of metheglin cheered and warmed the indignant gentlemen from Maryland.
From The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People by Haynie, Miriam
I find in his diary references to these drinks: Ale, beer, mead, metheglin, tea, chocolate, sage tea, cider, wine, sillabub, claret, sack, canary, punch, sack-posset, and black cherry brandy.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
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