- skip - Brewer’s

Malmsey Wine

is the wine of Malvaʹsia, in Candia.

“Thane spyces unsparyly thay spendyde thereaftyre,

Malvesye and muskadelle, thase mervelyous drynkes.”


(See Drowned in a Butt of …)

 

previous entry · index · next entry

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

previous entry · index · next entry

Malengin [guile]
Malepardus
Malherbe’s Canons of French Poetry
Maliom
Malkin
Mall or Pall Mall (London)
Mall Supper (A)
Mallows
Malmesbury (William of)
Malmesbury Monastery
Malmsey Wine
Malt
Malt … Meal
Maltese Cross
Malthusian (A)
Malthusian Doctrine
Malum
Malum in Se (Latin)
Malum Prohibitum (Latin)
Malvolio
Mamamouchi