单词 | mead-house |
释义 | > as lemmasmead-house mead-house n. (a) a building in which mead or a similar drink is produced (now rare); (b) = mead-hall n. (archaic and historical). ΚΠ 1707 in R. Machin Probate Inventories Chetnole, Leigh & Yetminster (1976) cxix In Mead house 1 Cydr press + apple Mill. 1791 Pennsylvania Gaz. 11 May 3/2 Notwithstanding the utmost exertions of the citizens considerable damage was done to the roof of the kitchen, and the mead-house adjoining. 1884 Overland Monthly Aug. 152/1 Let us now turn briefly to the royal residences,..to the castle and the Hall Heorot, the palatial mead-house of Hrothgar. 1896 J. Todhunter Fate of Sons of Usna in Three Irish Bardic Tales 56 A bee-yard, rich in hives..; and near, a mead-house with its vats. 1909 F. B. Gummere tr. Beowulf vi. 44 Then was this mead-house at morning tide Dyed with gore. < as lemmas |
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