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▪ I. sherry, n.1|ˈʃɛrɪ|
Also 7 shirry, zerry, shery, sherie, 8 sherree.
[A sing. form evolved from sherris, mistaken for a plural.]
1. a. Originally, the still white wine made near Xeres (now Jerez de la Frontera, a town in Andalusia, near Cadiz); in modern use, extended to a class of Spanish fortified white wines of similar character, and (usually with prefixed word, as Californian sherry, Cape sherry) to wines made elsewhere in imitation of Spanish sherry. Also, a wine of this kind.
1608Middleton Mad World v. H 1, Some Shirry for my Lords players there. 1614B. Jonson Barth. Fair v. iv, Cok. Sack? you said but e'en now it should be Sherry. Pvp. Io. Why so it is; sherry, sherry, sherry. 1617Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 224 One other rundlett of shery. c1645Howell Lett. (1688) II. 350 Those kinds that our Merchants carry over, are those onely that grow upon the Sea-side as Malagas, Sheries, Tents. 1662Charleton Myst. Vintners (1675) 203 They sell decayed Xeres, vulgarly Sherry, for Lusenna wine. 1682Wheler Journ. Greece i. 35 Excellent Wines, especially red Muscatels (which we call Luke Sherry). a1715Burnet Own Time (1766) II. 221 He drunk a little tea and some sherry. 1726G. Roberts Four Yrs. Voy. 331 Some Sherree. 1835Dickens Sk. Boz, Public Dinners, Waiters..are placing decanters of sherry down the tables. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxxviii, Most celebrated growths of ports, sherries, and claret wines. 1854Mrs. Gaskell North & S. xxxv, Some rare old sherry. 1897‘Merriman’ In Kedar's Tents xiii. 145 The Colonel had an English friend who spoke so—one engaged in the sherry in Xeres. 1958A. L. Simon Dict. Wines, Spirits & Liqueurs 146/1 Sherry is made from the best wine of each vintage, to which some Brandy is added, after which it is kept for many years with the best wine of other vintages. 1967Times 1 Aug. 6/5 ‘Sherry’ means a wine coming from the Jerez district of Spain. The Court, giving judgment,..decided that it would be unjust now to restrain Vine Products Ltd...from using the expressions ‘British sherry’, ‘English sherry’, ‘Cyprus sherry’, ‘South African sherry’, and ‘Australian sherry’, used for certain wines in England.
fig.1619Pasquils Palinodia title-p., A pleasant pynte of Poeticall Sherry.
b. In the names of mixed drinks, sherry-and-seltzer, sherry-and-bitters.
1881H. Smart Race for Wife 1, Men are congregating about the refreshment buffet for another sherry-and-seltzer. 1884Mrs. C. Praed Zéro iii, Will you come in and have a sherry and bitters.
c. A glass or drink of sherry.
1924Galsworthy White Monkey ii. ix. 192 Will you have a sherry? 1979M. McCarthy Cannibals & Missionaries i. 19 He had been counting on picking Gus's brains..over a sherry or a bourbon.
2. ‘A small wine-glass of the size and form commonly used for sherry and similar wines’ (Cent. Dict. 1891).
1907[see port n.7 c]. 1925[see liqueur n. 2]. 1974[see port n.7 c].
3. attrib. and Comb.
a. simple attrib., as sherry-bottle, sherry-butt, sherry-case, sherry decanter, sherry-glass, sherry trifle [trifle n. 6 b], sherry-wine, also sherry-wine colour; sherry-drinker, sherry-grower; sherry-style, sherry-type adjs.; sherry-bar, a bar at which sherry is the principal drink sold; sherry morning, a morning sherry party; sherry party, a party at which sherry is the principal drink served.
1951G. Greene End of Affair v. ii. 181 Waterbury was waiting in a *sherry-bar off Tottenham Court Road.
1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxv, The *sherry-bottle.
1888Sat. Rev. 9 June 688/1 The juice as it runs out is caught and transferred to tubs, sherry hogsheads and *sherry butts.
1853R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour (1893) 27 With a formidable looking *sherry-case, in the shape of a horn, at his saddle.
1950J. Cannan Murder Included vii. 164 A tray with two glasses and a *sherry decanter. 1977G. McDonald Confess, Fletch xxiii. 104 There were Scotch bottles, bourbon bottles, gin bottles, sherry and port decanters.
1887J. R. P. Berkeley in Knapp Geo. Borrow (1899) II. 101 Among his peculiarities was his dislike..of *Sherry drinkers.
1879Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Ind. Househ. Managem. 26 There was only one *sherry-glass broken.
1900Spielmann Ruskin 17 Peter Domecq, the great *sherry-grower of Xerez.
1976Milton Keynes Express 16 July 2/3 A *sherry morning on Sunday brought in {pstlg}98.32 for Olney Town Cricket Club funds.
1936Cherwell 7 Mar. 158/2 A tendency to throw *sherry parties and get a little drunk. 1977‘J. le Carré’ Honourable Schoolboy xi. 239 Christmas was hardly noticed apart from a rather battered sherry party.
1960Times 3 Oct. (Wine Trade Suppl.) p. iv/5 In the United States there is a domestic wine business which last year turned out..20 million gallons of *sherry-style wine.
1951H. Smith Master Bk. Dessert Pies & Sweets viii. 279 *Sherry Trifle, arrange slices of Swiss roll at the bottom of a round glass dish and sprinkle liberally with sherry. 1979K. Bonfiglioli After you with Pistol xxii. 176 Two helpings of sherry-trifle.
1962Times 3 Feb. 9/4 A glass of *sherry-type wine.
1785Bentham Mem. & Corr. Wks. 1843 X. 160 Good *Sherry-wine. 1832Marryat N. Forster xxxiv, You may have seen the Xerez or sherry wine. 1889Anthony's Photogr. Bull. II. 124 Light sherry-wine color.
b. With reference to colour.
1856H. H. Dixon Post & Paddock 301 Mr. Stirling Craufurd's *sherry-bay horse, The Shaver.
1871Garrod Mat. Med. (ed. 3) 147 A vinous liquid, having a golden *sherry colour. 1878Abney Photogr. xiii. 90 Enough to give a sherry colour to the collodion.
1875Huxley & Martin Pract. Biol. App. (1877) 270 A dark *sherry-coloured solution. 1894Season X. 47/2 Flecked with sherry and rose-coloured strands.
1898P. Manson Trop. Diseases ii. 65 From dark brown to *sherry-red.
1813Ann. Reg., Chron. 102 Boots with *sherry-yellow-tassels.
c. In names of drinks: sherry-negus, see negus2; † sherry sack, see sack n.3 1 b, cf. sherris; also fig. See also sherry-cobbler.
1619Pasquils Palinodia A 3, My Muse..weares a Corslet of old Sherry Sacke. 1677Lady Hatton in Hatton Corr. (Camden) 148 All the sherie sack. c1863T. Taylor Ticket-of-Leave Man i. 7 Two sherry negus, two shillings. 1907Daily Chron. 21 Nov. 3/3 Who drank sherry-negus.
▪ II. † ˈsherry, n.2 slang.
In quot. shirry.
[Cf. sherry v.1]
A scurry.
1821D. Haggart Life 37 The shirry became general—I was run to my full speed.
▪ III. † ˈsherry, a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. sherry n.1]
Under the influence of sherry; drunk.
1770Gentl. Mag. XL. 559/1 To express the Condition of an Honest Fellow, and no Flincher, under the Effects of good Fellowship, it is said that he is..Sherry.
▪ IV. ˈsherry, v.1 dial.
Also 9 shirry.
[Perh. a variant of sheer v.]
intr. To scurry, to run away; retreat hastily. Also with off.
1788Grose Dict. Vulgar T. (ed. 2), To Sherry, to run away: sherry off. 1821D. Haggart Life 36 He went into an entry, as I shirry'd past him. 1866J. E. Brogden Prov. Words Lincolnsh. 180 You've been long enough, sherry. c1874R. E. Leader in Sheffield Gloss. (1890) s.v., Now, my lad, sherry. 1877Holderness Gloss., Sherry-off, to run off, or retreat hastily.
▪ V. ˈsherry, v.2
[f. sherry n.1]
1. trans. To supply with sherry, to give sherry to. nonce-wd.
1909‘Q.’ (Quiller-Couch) True Tilda xxi. 294 Nursed by a careful butler..a single bottle will sherry twelve guests.
2. To add sherry to. Chiefly as ˈsherried ppl. a.
1970Guardian 15 Apr. 10/2 A heavily sherried trifle. 1977D. J. Elliott in D. Marcus Best Irish Short Stories 2 156 They ate prawns in aspic, sherried. |