Malmsey

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Malmsey \Malm"sey\, n. [OE. malvesie, F. malvoisie, It.
     malvasia, malavagia, fr. Malvasia, or Napoli di Malvasia, in
     the Morea.]
     A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc.
     --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  malmsey
       n : sweet Madeira wine