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MALMSEY
malmsey
(noun) sweet Madeira wine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
malmsey (countable and uncountable, plural malmseys)
A sweet fortified wine made in Madeira, originally from the malvasia grape.
Synonym: malvoisie
Source: Wiktionary
Malm"sey, n. Etym: [OE. malvesie, F. malvoisie, It. malvasia, malavagia, fr. Malvasia, or Napoli di Malvasia, in the Morea.]
Definition: A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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