muscadel

American  

[muhs-kuh-del] / ˌmʌs kəˈdɛl /

Or muscadelle

noun

1. muscatel.

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muscadel British  

/ ˌmʌskəˈdɛl /

noun

1. another name for muscatel

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Example Sentences

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muscadel

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 E. R. Billings

"Bring the muscadel," Ben Jonson roared—"'Tis a more purple drink, And suits with the next canto!"

From Collected Poems Volume Two by Alfred Noyes

They were very wary and difficult to ensnare, for they rested only for a second at a time upon the fragrant muscadel grapes before fluttering away over the wall.

From The Story of a Child by Caroline F. Smith

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 William Stevenson

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

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