| 单词 | braggot sunday |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBraggot Sunday A drink made of honey and ale fermented together; latterly the honey has been replaced by sugar and spice. Also attributive in Braggot Sunday. See also brackwoort n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > flavoured ale Welsh aleeOE braggetc1405 buttered ale1547 sage ale1584 wormwood-ale1603 bragoes1605 mace-ale1605 China-ale1659 horseradish ale1664 butter ale1666 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 75 Hir mouth was sweete as Bragot [v.r. braket] or the meeth. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 812 In bragot then or wyne or meeth hem kepe. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxxxviii. 235 To make Bragget. Take three or foure galons of good Ale or more. a1625 J. Fletcher Womans Prize iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ooooo3/2 Out upon her, How she turn'd down the Bragget [printed Bagget]? 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) Bragget, a Drink made with Honey and Spice. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gloss. (Jam.) Bragwort, mead, a beverage made from the dregs of honey. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 405 (Jam.) The Scottish bregwort, or mead, so plentiful at a harvest supper. 1841 W. Gresley Forest of Arden 107 Bracket, a preparation of ale with honey. 1872 C. Hardwick Trad., Superstitions, & Folk-lore 78 Mid Lent Sunday is likewise called Braggat or Braggot Sunday, from the custom of drinking ‘mulled’ or spiced ale on that day. < as lemmas |
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