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Definition of Malmseys
1. malmsey [n] - See also: malmsey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malmseys
Literary usage of Malmseys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Wine Trade in England by André Louis Simon (1907)
"Most popular of all were the malmseys (Malvoisie) from Candia. This island,
formerly called Crete, was then under the domination of Venice, and grew such an ..."
2. A History of the Custom-revenue in England: From the Earliest Times to the by Hubert Hall, Great Britain (1885)
"Best French . . .400 „ malmseys . . .400 per butt. Bastards . . .368 per pipe.
... malmseys .500 per butt (less 12-16 gals. of Sackes . ..."
3. The Literary Panorama and National Registerby Charles Taylor by Charles Taylor (1814)
"Merchants stranger seller of the said malmseys, by mean of the said plenty of
them, for I, *. or lui. s. iv. d. at the most a butt of stich wine, ..."
4. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1846)
"Mr. Tilbury availed himself of this faith, and when he had game to send up to
town, it did not go to the attentive malmseys, but to the ..."
5. Canon Pietro Casola's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the Year 1494 by Pietro Casola (1907)
"They have a quantity of vines, and they make good malmseys and many other wines,
... As I said, they make good red wines and excellent malmseys; ..."
6. The King's Customs by Henry Atton, Henry Hurst Holland (1908)
"... malmseys, and all other wines of the growth of the Levant. Brought into the'
ports of London, Bristol, or Southampton, the butt. Subsidy, is. 6d. ..."
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