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Sillery|ˈsɪlərɪ|
Also 7 Cel(l)ery.
[f. Sillery, a village in the department of Marne, Champagne.]
A high-class wine produced in and around the village of Sillery in Champagne.
The name usually denotes a still wine known as Sillery sec or dry Sillery, formerly made from the produce of the Sillery vineyards, but now mainly obtained from the neighbouring ones of Verzenay and Mailly.
1680Shadwell Woman Captain i. i, The richer Wines of Greece and Sicely, And Celery, Champaign and Burgundy. a1688Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Works (1752) 116 As for French kickshaws, cellery and champain,..in troth we 'ave none. 1819Metropolis III. 182, I am sure we can muster a sandwich, and I rather think that we may get a glass of sillery with it. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 1279 Of these [Champagne wines] the still is considered the choicest, under the name of Sillery, much drank in England. 1859H. Kingsley G. Hamlyn (1900) 80/2 His Majesty's right honourable ministers in the ante-room, drinking dry Sillery in honour of the event.
attrib.1844Thackeray in Colburn's Mag. May 28 Sillery Champagne (4 bottles), {pstlg}2. |