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cognac|ˈkɒnjæk, ˈkəʊ-|
Forms: 6 conniacke, 7 conyack, cognack, 8–9 coniac, 9 cogniac, 8– cognac.
[F. Cognac, name of a town in the department of Charente in France.]
1. Cognac wine: wine produced at Cognac.
1594Plat Jewel Ho. ii. 15 Take small Rochell, or Conniacke wine. 1875Ure Dict. Arts I. 464 The distillation of the Cognac wine.
2. A French brandy of superior quality distilled from Cognac wine. The name is sometimes extended (for trade purposes) to any French brandy.
a. Cognac brandy.
1687Lond. Gaz. No. 2223/4, 76 Pieces of Conyack Brandy, in 32 Lotts. 1813Sir H. Davy Agric. Chem. (1814) 136 The Cogniac brandies..contain vegetable prussic Acid. 1909Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 8/2 Mons. E. Martell gave evidence concerning Cognac brandy. 1958Everyman's Encycl. II. 475/2 The brouillis is distilled a second time to give a spirit with 70 per cent of alcohol, which when matured will be worthy of the name of Cognac B[randy].
b. Now simply cognac.
1755Gentl. Mag. XXV. 60 A glass of right Coniac, or spirits of wine, or humming Madeira. 1821Byron Juan iv. liii, Unless when qualified with thee, Cogniac! 1858Dickens Lett. 20 Feb., His handwriting shakes more and more..I think he mixes a great deal of cognac with his ink. 1882Pall Mall G. 21 June 2/1 Cognac in large quantities now enters England which comes out of potatoes, and not out of grapes. Pure cognac can now be secured..only through English holders of old stocks.
attrib.1875Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. II. 399 A very good preparation is the Stokes' Cognac Mixture. |