Muscadel

3 definitions found

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

  Muscadel \Mus"ca*del`\, muscadelle \mus"ca*delle\, n. [It.
     moscadello, moscatello, LL. muscatellum or muscadellum (sc.
     vinum), fr. muscatellus nutmeglike, dim. of muscatus smelling
     like musk, muscatum and muscata (sc. nux) nutmeg: cf. F.
     muscadelle, fr. Italian. See {Musk} and cf. {Moschatel},
     {Muscardin}, {Muscat}, {Nutmeg}.]


     See {Muscatel}, n.
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           Quaffed off the muscadel.                --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Muscatel \Mus"ca*tel`\, n.
     1. A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine,
        made in Italy, Spain, and France.
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     2. pl. Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins."
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        etc.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  muscadel
       n : wine from muscat grapes [syn: {muscat}, {muscatel}, {muscadelle}]