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muscadel

American  
[muhs-kuh-del] / ˌmʌs kəˈdɛl /
Or muscadelle

noun

  1. muscatel.


muscadel British  
/ ˌmʌskəˈdɛl /

noun

  1. another name for muscatel

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Mr. Simpson, with a hand that still shook so violently that he could hardly hold his glass, lifted and drank off a cup of muscadel.

From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh

A sweet Spanish wine like muscadel in flavor.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Lastly, let her take half a drachm of bay-berries beaten into a powder, in a drachm of muscadel or teat.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

The exports were woollen goods, calf-skins, &c.; and the imports were silks, camblets, rhubarb, malmsey, muscadel, and other wines: oils, cotton wool, Turkey carpets, galls, and Indian spices.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by Stevenson, William

It was his custom to wash the tobacco in muscadel and grains, and to keep it moist by wrapping it in greased leather, and oiled rags, or by burying it in gravel.

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.