| 单词 | rape wine |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrape wine 1. More fully rape wine. Wine made either from rape (rape n.8) by the addition of water, or from fresh grapes and light wine placed together in a cask. Now rare.In quot. 1656 after Cotgrave's Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (1611) at rapé. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > types of wine > [noun] > wine from grape refuse piquette1600 rape1600 raspe wine1600 beverage1626 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. xvi. 756 He shall make it in this sort after the manner of a rappe vine [Fr. Il le fera ainsi en façon de rappé]. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Rape Wine, a very small Wine, coming of Water cast upon the Mother of Grapes, which have been pressed; also the Wine which comes from a Vessel filled with whole and sound Grapes (divided from the cluster) and some Wine among. 1733 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 2) at Vitis Concerning Rapes, or New Wines. They make a Rape of Cuttings only, without any mixture of Grapes. 1797 P. A. Nemnich Warren-Lexikon 35/1 Rape wine, Räps. 1845 A. J. Cooley Cycl. Pract. Receipts (ed. 2) 569/1 In the above way are made the following wines:—Rape wine, (from the pressed cake of grapes) [etc.] 1871 L. Colange Zell's Pop Encycl. 712/1 Rape Wine, a weak, thin wine obtained from the last lees of pressed raisins. 2001 Denver Post (Nexis) 25 Nov. e2 Perhaps Lacy should..open a bottle of rape wine, and read some good books about ancient wars and the rape and plunder of cities. < as lemmas |
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