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Definition of Alicant
1. n. A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been made near Alicant, in Spain.
Definition of Alicant
1. a wine from Spain [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alicant
Literary usage of Alicant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1772)
"... imported from alicant. The fait which M. Du Hamel obtained from his plants
... and is brought from alicant and'the Levant, under the name of ..."
2. History of the War of the Succession in Spain by Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope (1836)
"alicant had been closely invested by some English troops under General Gorge,
... Peterborough now proceeded to alicant, and by his presence and exertions ..."
3. Travels Through Part of Europe, Asia Minor, the Islands of the Archipelago by Johannes Heyman (1759)
"Continuation of our voyage from CADIZ to alicant and LEGHORN. ... days we came
to an anchor before alicant. ..."
4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1845)
"SPAIN—State of Spain—Suspension of the sittings of Cortes—Insurrection at alicant,
headed by Don Pantaleon ..."
5. The War of the Succession in Spain: During the Reign of Queen Anne, 1702-1711 by Arthur Parnell (1905)
"THE CAPTURE OF alicant. ... had landed at the Grao the fleet under Leake should
proceed before alicant, which fortress, it was hoped, would surrender. ..."
6. A Manual for the Collector and Amateur of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt (1892)
"The scene, alicant. It was acted before the Court at Whitehall, January 4, 1623-4,
and was revived in January, 1661. This play met with very great success. ..."
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