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Definition of Metheglin
1. Noun. Spiced or medicated mead.
Definition of Metheglin
1. n. A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead.
Definition of Metheglin
1. Noun. A spiced mead, originally from Wales. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metheglin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Metheglin
Literary usage of Metheglin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Taxation and Taxes in England from the Earliest Times to the by Stephen Dowell (1888)
"When comparing metheglin and mead, Fuller, in his ' Worthies of England,' states
that ... In taxation, mead and metheglin have been treated together. ..."
2. The Improved Housewife: Or Book of Receipts, with Engravings for Marketing by A. L. Webster (1855)
"To make metheglin. Honey that is not fit for the table, makes good metheglin.
The older the honey, the greater its strength. Break and rub with the hands ..."
3. Colonial Liquor Laws: Part II. of "Liquor Laws of the United States; Their by Gallus Thomann (1893)
"In 1708, retailers were required to pay fourpence for 170g every gallon of wine
or spirits, twopence for every gallon of jjg^,^, excise metheglin, ..."
4. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut Council of Safety, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1880)
"... strong waters, cyder and metheglin by retail to be drank in such houses &c., the
owners of which houses on whom soldiers shall be billeted as a reward ..."
5. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... and under 6s., 1 d.; vinegar gd.; cyder per hogshead 5«/.; strong waters,
mead, and metheglin, 1 d. per gallon; and to proceed further on Wensday. ..."
6. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... List, or bard's chant, that breathes not bloody war ; Nor any, in treacherous
metheglin, ... metheglin ..."
7. Origins of English History by Charles Isaac Elton (1890)
"metheglin and beer. — Agriculture. — Mode of dressing corn. — Pytheas did not
visit Ireland, or the West of Britain. — Traditions of Stonehenge. ..."
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