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▪ I. muscat|ˈmʌskæt|
Forms: 6 Sc. musticat, 7 muscatt, (8 muscate, 9 muschat), 7– muscat.
[a. F. muscat adj. (also ellipt. as n.), a. Pr. muscat adj. = It. moscato having the flavour of musk:—late L. *muscātus, f. musc-us musk n.]
1. In full muscat wine. = muscatel 1.
a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 337 All kynd of drink, as aill, mallvesie, musticat [etc.]. a1747Holdsworth Rem. Virg. (1768) 119 This is practised about Trani in Apulia, where they make excellent Muscat. 1756Nugent Gr. Tour, France IV. 253 The little town of Frontignan, famous for its muscate wine. 1816Accum Chem. Tests (1818) 190 Various wines and spirituous liquors—Cape muschat. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 610/1 Of these [Neopolitan wines] the best known are Lacryma Christi.., several descriptions of good class Muscat wine [etc.].
2. In full muscat grape. A variety of grape; also the vine producing it. = muscadine1 2.
1655Com. Hist. Francion xi. 3 He said..that the Muscats he did eat were so great, that only one grain of them was enough to make all England to be perpetually drunk. 1682S. Wilson Carolina 17 The Lords Proprietors have taken care to send plants of the Rhenish,..Muscatt, Madera, and Spanish grapes. 1719London & Wise Compl. Gard. 229 Muscats, are a kind of Grapes..; there are three sorts of them viz. white, red, and black. 1855C. M'Intosh Bk. Garden II. 620/2 Muscats..in no way differ as to pruning from other vines. 1882Garden 4 Feb. 87/3 To insure the perfect keeping of Muscats..they should be quite ripe by the end of August.
†3. A kind of peach; also, a kind of pear. Obs.
1664Evelyn Kal. Hort., July 20 Peaches..Newington, Violet-muscat, Rambouillet. 1675C. Cotton Planters Manual 50 The Rousselet, and the little Muscat of the Summer-Pears. 1707Mortimer Husb., Kal. July, [Peaches.] Muscat. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 400 Pears..Green Sugar,..Verte longue, Long-stalked Muscat,..and others.
4. A fungus, Agaricus albellus.
1887Hay Brit. Fungi 86 Agaricus albellus; Tricholoma albella; The Muscat.
5. attrib. and Comb., as muscat flavour; muscat-flavoured adj.; muscat-house, a hot-house for the cultivation of the muscat grape; muscat rose [F. rose muscate], the musk rose. Also muscat grape, muscat wine (see above).
1707Curios. in Husb. & Gard. 146 When the Flowers begin to appear on the white Muscat Rose-Bushes. 1860Hogg Fruit Man. 110 [Grapes.] Muscat of Alexandria... Flesh..with a fine Muscat flavour. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 610/2 The Hungarian vineyards..produce Muscat-flavoured wines. 1855C. M'Intosh Bk. Garden II. 620/2 Many err in keeping their Muscat-house at too high a temperature.
▪ II. muscat
variant of musk-cat.
▪ III. muscat, -eer
obs. forms of musket, -eer. |