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alicant|ælɪˈkænt, in 17th c. ˈælɪkənt|
Forms: 6 alycaunt, alle-, aligaunte, 6–7 alle-, 7 ale-, alligant, 7– alicant(e.
A kind of wine made at Alicante in Spain.
c1500Col. Blowbol in Halliwell Nugæ Poet. 10 Rede wyn..and Alycaunt, in whom I delite. 1547Recorde Judic. Ur. 36 b, Darke red wyne, and Allegaunte. 1604Dekker Honest Wh. i. i, You'll blood three pottles of Aligant. 1625[Beaum. & Fl.] Maid of Inn iv. ii, Butter'd beer, coloured with Alligant [cf. Shakespeare Merry Wives ii. ii. 69]. 1626Bacon Sylva §56 Bedew it with a little Sack or Alegant. 1656Blount Glossogr., Alicante, where great store of Mulberries grow, the juyce whereof makes the true Alicant wine. 1693W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 68 Aligant or Alicant, wine. |