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Definition of Malvesie
1. n. Malmsey wine. See Malmsey.
Definition of Malvesie
1. a grape [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malvesie
Literary usage of Malvesie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Areopagitica by John Milton, John Wesley Hales (1882)
"Chaucer calls it 'malvesie.' See the Shipman's Tale 14481, Ed. Wright: 'With him
brought he a ... of malvesie, And eek another ful of wyn ..."
2. Wine, the vine, and the cellar by Thomas George Shaw (1863)
"Albus' so ably edited by Mr. Riley, are malvesie, the modern malmsey, a Greek
wine, sold in the reign of Richard II., at I6d. per gallon; ..."
3. Calendar of Letter-books Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of by City of London (England), Reginald Robinson Sharpe (1907)
"... Greek, or other white wine lie in any tavern cellar where malvesie lies for
sale, and if any there be, it is to be sold between now and next ..."
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