sherris

American  

[sher-is] / ˈʃɛr ɪs /

noun

Archaic.

1. sherry.

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Etymology

Origin of sherris

1530–40; < Spanish ( vino de ) Xeres (wine of ) Xeres (now Jerez )

Example Sentences

Tennyson had his port, whereto clings a good old tradition; sherris sack belongs to a nobler age; these drinks are not for us. 

From The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft by Gissing, George

And then, why, I’ve a few bottles of Geldino’s sherris that—that I’ll not open save on the rarest occasion.

From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various

Stouter and brighter ale was not to be drunk in Lancashire than Bess brewed; nor was better sherris or clary to be found, go where you would, than in her cellars.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

But the sherris warms it, and makes its course from the inwards to the parts extreme.

From The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant by Moore, John Hamilton

"Eigh—poor Meary! hoo's to be berried here this mornin," observed Bess, emptying the bottle of sherris into a pot, and placing the latter on the fire.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison