单词 | malmsey |
释义 | malmseyn. 1. A strong sweet wine, originally the product of the district of Monemvasia (Napoli di Malvasia) in the Peloponnese, Greece, later also from other parts of the Mediterranean, the Azores, the Canaries, Madeira, and elsewhere. Now esp.: a similar fortified wine from these places (esp. Madeira). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [noun] > malmsey malvoisie1361 malmsey1407 malvasia1640 1407 Inquisition Misc. (P.R.O.: C 145/285/17) m. 2 Vnum remenaunt de But de Malmesey. 1461–83 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 456 A bote of malmesey and a federbed. 1531–2 Act 23 Hen. VIII c. 7 No malmeseis Romeneis sackes nor other swete wynes..shalbe reteiled aboue xii.d. the gallon. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 37/1 Attainted was hee by parliament, and iudged to the death, and therupon hastely drouned in a Butte of Malmesey. 1549–50 in T. Fowler Hist. Corpus Christi Coll. (1893) 356 Several small charges for mammesey. c1560 (a1500) Squyr Lowe Degre (Copland) 753 Ye shall have rumney and malmesyne [rhyme wyne]. 1572 J. Jones Benefit Bathes of Buckstones f. 10 With Sugar, or whyte Mamulsyes of Madera, a myas of good Ale, a cawdell or Alebury. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. ii. i. 93 All black Wines..as Muscadine, Malmesie,..Browne bastard, Metheglen, and the like. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 27 Malmsey, or some well spic't bruage. 1738 A. Pope Satires of Horace ii. vi. 202 That Jelly's rich, this Malmsey healing. 1790 Coll. Voy. round World IV. i. 1223 Canary sack..which the French call Vin de Malvesie, and we..name Malmsey. 1814 W. M. Leake Researches in Greece 197 (note) The place [sc. Monemvasia] being celebrated for the fine wines produced in the neighbourhood, Malvasia changed to Malvoisie in French, and Malmsey in English, came to be applied to many of the rich wines of the Archipelago, Greece, and other countries. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 465/2 The original Malmsey of the Grecian Archipelago, that of Madeira [etc.]. 1871 E. C. G. Murray Member for Paris III. 115 A second brother statesman..had just been treating himself to a glass of Malmsey. 1880 Macmillan's Mag. Jan. 236 Malmsey was formerly the produce of those parts only [sc. Crete and Greece]. 1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 166 Madeira... Choice Old Malmsey. 1963 Times 11 June 14/6 The wine of Monemyasia in the Peloponnese,—called Malmsey in England, was known all over Europe. 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities xvii. 126 That chalky ellipse of land provides the finest drink in the world. Better than malmseys and other sweet nothings so many fools favor. 2. A kind of white grape, originally from the eastern Mediterranean, from which malmsey is traditionally made. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tree or plant producing edible berries > grape-vine > types of wild vinea1382 malmsey1511 malvoisie1517 raisin1573 parsley vine1648 winter grape1670 morillon1691 summer grape1709 Pineau1763 tresseau1763 frost grape1771 muscadinec1785 sweet-water1786 chicken grape1807 scuppernong1811 Marsanne1824 Merlot1825 Cabernet1833 Isabella1835 mustang1846 Traminer1851 labrusca1854 Pinot1854 Catawba1857 Isabel1858 Trebbiano1860 aglianico1862 Canaiolo1862 verdelho1883 vinifera1888 Durif1897 Chardonnay1911 Chenin Blanc1913 Sylvaner1928 Syrah1928 Tokay wine1959 Mourvedre1967 1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. viij Vpon that hyll is a Cyte called Malsasia, where firste grewe malmasye & yet dothe. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 868 It is now most famous..for the good Malmesey which there groweth. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 224 Muscadines and Malmesies, those kindes of grapes brought hither first from Arabia. 1833 C. Redding Hist. Mod. Wines vi. 194 At Canary both Malmsey and Vidonia are grown. 1975 P. V. Price Taste of Wine ii. 14/3 Malmsey, One of the grapes of antiquity, now associated with the most opulent style of Madeira, but used as Malvasia and Malvoisie in many hot countries and in many blends. 1991 Decanter Mar. 14/1 There was nothing worse than cheap Madeira. To add insult to injury, although labelled ‘Bual’ or ‘Malmsey’ they were made not from those grapes but from the more prolific, ubiquitous, Tinta Negra Mole. Compounds C1. General attributive. malmsey butt n. ΚΠ 1592 A. Munday tr. G. Telin Archaioplutos sig. O2 The Pype or Malmesie Butte, one hundred and twenty sixe. 1963 Ricardian May 1 May we take this opportunity of asking all members to send their Ricardian theories, entries, articles..donations and malmsey butts to Miss C. M. Cook. ΚΠ 1588 in G. J. Piccope Lancs. & Cheshire Wills (1861) III. 138 One Mawlmsey cupp wth cover all guylt. malmsey wine n. ΚΠ 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 86 Galen..allows Malmsey-wine to Cataleptick persons. a1912 A. Lang Rich. III i. i, in Poet. Wks. (1923) III. 117 But me no buts! That butt of Malmsey wine Is an exploded fable. C2. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Visage A mustulent, or maumsie face. malmsey madeira n. a type of malmsey made in Madeira. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > fortified wine, Madeira wine, and sack > [noun] > Madeira Madeirac1595 malmsey madeira1723 London particular1807 sercial1818 Bual1882 verdelho1883 1723 London Gaz. No. 6173/3 There will be no other Malmsey Madera Wine landed this Year. 1825 W. Weldon Chem. 560 Claret. Zante. Malmsey Madeira. 1858 I. S. Homans & I. S. Homans Cycl. Commerce & Commerc. Navigation 1974/1 Malmsey Madeira. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [noun] > face or nose pippin face1598 malmsey-nose1600 firedrake1623 strawberry1949 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 39 Yonder he comes, and that arrant malmsie-nose ..Bardolfe. View more context for this quotation 1684 T. Otway Atheist v. 74 This Malmsey Nose of mine. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Malmesey-nose, a jolly, red Nose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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