wine : Idioms & Phrases

• noun used in a communion service
  altar wine.
  

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• cider.

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• wine made of the spring sap of the birch.

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• See under Birch, Cape, etc.

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• noun pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
  blush wine; pink wine; rose.
  

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• noun any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them
  Bordeaux.
  

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• noun red table wine from the Burgundy region of France (or any similar wine made elsewhere)
  Burgundy.
  

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• noun any of various wines produced in California
  

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• noun a sweet white wine from the Canary Islands
  

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• wine made in South Africa Eng.

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• noun still sweet wine often served with dessert or after a meal
  

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• that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; opposed to sweet wine, in which the saccharine matter is in excess.

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• (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after etherification. Called also heavy oil of wine (distinguished from oil of wine, or oenanthic ether).

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• . (Chem.) See under Ethereal.

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• noun wine to which alcohol (usually grape brandy) has been added
  

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• noun a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape
  generic.
  

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• wine impregnated with ginger.

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• distilled spirits containing a high percentage of alcohol; usually in the plural.

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• noun inexpensive wine sold in large bottles or jugs
  

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1. . Wine which has been kept for some time in the cellar. Simmonds.

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• a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still; often in the plural.

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• noun a punch made of Moselle and sugar and sparkling water or champagne flavored with sweet woodruff
  

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• noun wine heated with sugar and spices and often citrus fruit
  

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• noun brown sauce with mushrooms and red wine or Madeira
  marchand de vin.
  

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• noun graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine
  makomako; wineberry; Aristotelia racemosa; Aristotelia serrata.
  

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• Oenanthic ether. See under Oenanthic.

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• the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm (Phoenix sylvestrix), the palmyra, and the Caryota urens. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also palm toddy.

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• noun pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
  blush wine; pink wine; rose.
  

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• noun sweet dark-red dessert wine originally from Portugal
  port.
  

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• noun a flat birthmark varying from pink to purple
  nevus flammeus.
  

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• a poor, thin wine made from the last dregs of pressed grapes.

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• noun wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes
  

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• noun any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
  Rhenish; hock.
  

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• noun any of various wines from the Rhone River valley in France
  

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• noun pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
  blush wine; pink wine; rose.
  

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• noun used in a communion service
  altar wine.
  

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• (Bot.), an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been used to flavor wine.

  Garlands of roses and sops in wine. Spenser.

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• (Bot.), an old European variety of apple, of a yellow and red color, shading to deep red; called also sopsavine, and red shropsavine.

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• noun effervescent wine
  

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• . See under Spirit.

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• (Chem.), alcohol; so called because formerly obtained by the distillation of wine.

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• noun rectified ethyl alcohol
  

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• wine, usually sherry, in which steel filings have been placed for a considerable time, used as a medicine.

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• noun sweet wine from grapes partially sun-dried on the vine or on straw mats
  

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• . See Dry wine, under Dry.

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• noun wine containing not more than 14 percent alcohol usually served with a meal
  

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• to be so drunk as to be foolish. Obs. Chaucer.

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• noun a wine made principally from one grape and carrying the name of that grape
  varietal.
  

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• noun pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation
  

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• . any wine of a clear, transparent color, bordering on white, as Madeira, sherry, Lisbon, etc.; distinguished from wines of a deep red color, as port and Burgundy. "White wine of Lepe." Chaucer.

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• . (Chem.) See Tartaric acid, under Tartaric. Colloq.

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• verb eat sumptuously
  
  • we wined and dined in Paris
• verb provide with food and drink, usually lavishly
  

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• (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor.

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• a wine skin.

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• noun a bar that serves only wine
  

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• noun a barrel that holds wine
  wine barrel.
  

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• a kind of sweet biscuit served with wine.

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• noun a bottle for holding wine
  

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• noun a bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine
  wine bucket.
  

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• noun a barrel that holds wine
  wine barrel.
  

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• a cask for holding wine, or which holds, or has held, wine.

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• noun storage space where wines are stored
  cellar.
  

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• a cellar adapted or used for storing wine.

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• noun a bucket of ice used to chill a bottle of wine
  wine bucket.
  

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• a vessel of porous earthenware used to cool wine by the evaporation of water; also, a stand for wine bottles, containing ice.

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• (Zoöl.), small two-winged fly of the genus Piophila, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other fermented liquors.

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• one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine.

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• noun a connoisseur of fine wines; a grape nut
  

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• noun someone who makes wine
  winemaker; vintner.
  
• noun distillery where wine is made
  winery.
  

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• noun the craft and science of growing grapes and making wine
  winemaking.
  

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• the measure by which wines and other spirits are sold, smaller than beer measure.

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• noun someone who sells wine
  vintner.
  

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• a merchant who deals in wines.

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• (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary laudanum; also Sydenham's laudanum.

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• noun fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago
  jaggery palm; kittul; Caryota urens; kitul tree; kitul; toddy palm.
  
• noun tall fan palm of Africa and India and Malaysia yielding a hard wood and sweet sap that is a source of palm wine and sugar; leaves used for thatching and weaving
  lontar; palmyra; palmyra palm; Borassus flabellifer; longar palm; toddy palm.
  

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• a machine or apparatus in which grapes are pressed to extract their juice.

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• noun white or veloute sauce with wine and stock variously seasoned with onions and herbs; for fish or meat
  

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• a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various countries, for carrying wine.

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• noun a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
  wine steward; sommelier.
  

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• a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See 1st Tartar, 1.

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• noun a taster who evaluates the quality of wines
  

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• noun a gathering of people to taste and compare different wines
  

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• . (a) A vault where wine is stored. (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables; a dramshop. Dickens.

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• noun vinegar made from wine
  

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• vinegar made from wine.

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• noun a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
  wine steward; sommelier.
  

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• whey made from milk coagulated by the use of wine.

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• noun a red as dark as red wine
  wine-colored; wine.
  

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• noun a red as dark as red wine
  wine-colored; wine.
  

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• noun used in making wine
  Saccharomyces ellipsoides.
  

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• adjective satellite of something having the dark red color of red wine
  

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