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‖ piquette|pikɛt| Also 7 piquet, 8 picquette. [F., f. piquer to prick, sting; in reference to its tart taste.] (See quots.)
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. xx. (Roxb.) 249/2 Piquet, wine from the Huske of Grapes and water. 1706Phillips, Picquette, (Fr.) a tart sort of Wine us'd in some Parts of France, by the meaner Sort of People. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Piquette, sour acid wine;..made..by pouring water on the husks of grapes. |