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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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And for dinner was corned beef and carrots, and for drink sherris-sack and muscadel.

From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Holt, Emily Sarah

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

Wench, another bumper . . . canary, sack or muscadel . . . no thin Rhenish wine shall e'er defile this throat!

From The Nest of the Sparrowhawk by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

This district is rich in gold, and produces an excellent wine resembling muscadel.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert