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Definition of Clarets
1. claret [n] - See also: claret
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clarets
Literary usage of Clarets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Manual of Colours and Dye Wares: Their Properties, Applications by John William Slater (1870)
"Tor blacks upon cotton, as also for saddening drabs, clarets, etc., the nitrate
of iron is generally preferred. But the quantity of copperas consumed ..."
2. The Dyer's Instructor: Comprising Practical Instructions in the Art of by David Smith (1860)
"After dyeing a good Crimson, a variety of Pinks may be dyed in the same Liquor,
by giving about 6 or 8 turns in it. No. 51. 20 Ibs.'OF COTTON.—clarets. ..."
3. Hints for the Table ; Or, the Economy of Good Living: With a Few Words on Wines (1866)
"... Is stronger than the ordinary clarets, possesses a powerful aroma, and a
delicious and lasting flavour; but, as it arrives in England, it is usually ..."
4. Forty years in the medical profession, 1858-1898 by John Janvier Black (1900)
"We find in the shops clarets under the names of Medoc, Cabernet, St. Julien,
Larose, Pon- tet Canet, Santa Monica, and others. The Zinfandel grape has been ..."
5. The dyer's instructer: Comprising Practical Instructions in the Art of by David Smith (1850)
"ANOTHER MODE OF DYEING clarets AND CHOCOLATES. Boil with Alum and Peachwood
together, and then finish in another vessel with Logwood, according to the ..."
6. The History of the Wine Trade in England by André Louis Simon (1906)
"SANDERSON & SON- SCOTCH WHISKIES. Holders of large and important stocks of bottled
BURGUNDIES, clarets, HOCKS, &C., &C. ..."
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