sapan.
/ˈseɪpə/ 1. Ancient History. New wine boiled to a syrup.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > drinks made with wine > [noun] > boiled wine
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1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss v. iii With Far and Sapa; Flower and cockted Wine.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xx. 249/2 Sapa, Boiled wine.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Sapa, a thickened confection of grapes.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > syrup or linctus > [noun] > specific
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1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. 3 A Sapa is made of it for sore throats.
1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Sapa, Syn. for Rob.
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