Marsalan.
/mɑːˈsɑːlə/, U.S. /mɑrˈsɑlə/ In full Marsala wine (now rare). A type of sweet fortified white wine exported from Marsala; a glass of this.
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1804 J. Jackson Refl. Commerce Mediterranean 146 When the Marsala has attained the age of six or seven years, it cannot be distinguished from the best old Madeira wine.
1806 T. Jefferson in Harper's Mag. (1885) Mar. 541 Two Pipes Marsalla wine.
1843 Bentley's Misc. Jan. 17 Emma had filled all the pint-decanters, some with sherry, and others with Marsala.
1883 P. L. Simmonds Commerc. Dict. Trade Products (rev. ed.) Suppl. Syracuse, an old brown Marsala wine.
1888 E. Lear Nonsense Songs & Stories (ed. 6) Pref. 7 He drinks a great deal of Marsala, But never gets tipsy at all.
1909 Westm. Gaz. 1 Feb. 2/1 Friends have..supplied brandy, Marsala, consommé, and strong coffee; which have made an immense difference to the patients.
1938 E. Hemingway Fifth Column 273 ‘Three marsalas,’ said the young gentleman to the girl behind the pastry counter.
1975 P. V. Price Taste of Wine iii. 28/3 The Marsala blends are then made up, and the wine is matured in wood.
1994 Oxf. Compan. Wine 601/2 Woodhouse ‘invented’ Marsala in 1773 by adding..grape spirit to each of the..barrels which he shipped to England.
2010 R. V. Camuto Palmento v. 86 De Bartoli went to a cabinet and withdrew a series of bottles of Marsala and set them on the table.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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