单词 | canary wine |
释义 | Canary winen. A sweet fortified white wine produced in the Canary Islands; a variety of this (now historical). Later also more generally: any wine produced in the Canary Islands. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > wines of other regions > [noun] > Canary Islands Canary wine1576 canary1599 Canary sack1601 canadoe1610 aristippus1640 verdona1703 Vidonia1723 Teneriffe1791 1576 G. Gascoigne Delicate Diet sig. C.iiii But we must haue..Sack, Hollocke, Canaria wine. 1582 T. Blenerhasset Reuelation of True Minerua sig. B2 The spice of Spayne, Canary wine is nought, The grapes of Fraunce, the fruite of Italye,Nor pleasant fieldes in Flanders pleaseth mee. 1604–5 Aberd. Acc. in J. Stuart Misc. Spalding Club (1852) V. 77 Twa quartis Frensche wyne, and ane pynt Cannarie wyne. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta ii. 27 Canarie-wine..is of some termed a Sacke, with this adiunct sweete; but yet very improperly..for it is not so white in colour as sack, nor so thin in substance. 1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 6 The Canary Wines imported. 1781 W. Grant Some Observ. Atrabilious Const. & Gout: Chap. IV 70 Be carried into the open air..and drink Canary wine freely. 1836 Dublin Univ. Mag. June 685/2 The consumption of Sicilian wines has been steadily increasing: that of Canary wines diminishing. 1999 Oxf. Compan. Wine (ed. 2) 408/3 The rebirth of Canary wines in the 1990s thus gave this much-maligned variety [sc. Listán] a new lease on life. 2008 Brit. Food Jrnl. (Nexis) 110 977 Anti-drink-drive and aviation laws are not only restricting wine consumption in hospitality settings,..but are also preventing local and outside visitors from purchasing Canary wines for later consumption. 2012 L. S. Chowning Urbanna ii. 19 In 1770, tavern keepers served Canary wine, Malaga, sherry, Madeira wine, Claret [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1576 |
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