Wine

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.

II. Wine ·noun A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.

III. Wine ·noun The expressed juice of grapes, ·esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment.

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Wine
The common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning "to boil up," "to be in a ferment." Ot...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Wine
The manufacture of wine is carried back in the Bible to the age of Noah, (Genesis 9:20,21) to whom t...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
Lager wine
·- Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Wine-press
Consisted of two vats or receptacles, (1) a trough (Heb. gath, Gr. lenos) into which the grapes were...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Wine Court
1) In Bishopsgate Street Without (W. Stow, 1722-Rev. of London, 1728). Not named in the maps. 2) I...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
frog's wine
Gin. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
wine-berry
n. See tutu. In Australia,the name is given to Polyosma cunninghamii, Benn., N.O. Saxifrageae. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
palm-wine
A sub-acid and pleasant fermented tropical drink. (See toddy.) ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Wine Licence Court
See Wine Office Court. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Wine Office Court
North out of Fleet Street, at No.145, to King's Head Court, Shoe Lane, which is now also called Wine...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
lady dacre's wine
Gin. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
wine of height
A former perquisite of seamen on getting safely through a particular navigation. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book