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Search phrase: pipe-wine

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The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.ii.81 (aside) I think I shall drink in pipe-wine first withI thinke I shall drinke in Pipe-wine first with

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Glossary

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bacchanaldance in honour of Bacchus [god of wine]
Bacchanaldevotee of Bacchus, the god of wine and inspiration
BacchusRoman god of wine, associated with drunken revelry
bastardvariety of sweet Spanish wine
bombard, bumbardlarge leather wine jug
bumbardlarge leather wine-jug
butlerservant in charge of the wine cellar
canaryvariety of sweet wine from the Canary Islands
charnecovariety of sweet Portuguese wine
clyster-pipeenema syringe, douche tube
cocktap, spout [of a wine cask]
conduitchannel, pipe, aqueduct
fatvat, wine cask, barrel
faucet-sellerseller of taps for wine-barrels
hogsheadlarge cask, barrel [of wine]
limelime-juice [added to wine to improve its sparkle]
limemix wine with lime [to add to its sparkle]
malmseyvariety of strong sweet red wine
muscadeltype of strong sweet wine
piecewine cask, butt of liquor
pipevoice
pipewhistle, look in vain
pipe-winewine drawn directly from the cask [pipe]
pipingshrill-toned, high-pitched [either: of pipes; or: of women and children's voices]
pricked[of wine] soured, gone off
quillmusical pipe, voice, note
RhenishRhineland wine
rousefull draught (of wine), brimful cup, carousing
sack[type of] white wine
sherris-sack, sherriswhite wine from Xeres (Spain), sherry-wine
underskinkerunder-wine-waiter, under-tapster
vaultwine cellar, liquor store-room

Thesaurus

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cask, wine drawn directly from the pipe-wine
cellar, winevault
jug, large leather winebombard, bumbard
lime, mix wine withlime
mix wine with limelime
musical pipequill
pipeconduit
pipe, musicalquill
seller of taps for wine-barrelsfaucet-seller
servant in charge of the wine cellarbutler
sherry-winesherris-sack, sherris
soured [of wine]pricked
spout [of a wine cask]cock
taps for wine-barrels, seller of faucet-seller
under-wine-waiterunderskinker
wineBacchus
winehogshead
winemuscadel
wineRhenish
winemalmsey
winecharneco
winebastard
winecanary
winesherris-sack, sherris
wine sack
wine caskpiece
wine caskfat
wine cellarvault
wine cellar, servant in charge of the butler
wine drawn directly from the caskpipe-wine
wine jug, large leatherbombard, bumbard
wine with lime, mixlime
wine-barrels, seller of taps for faucet-seller

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Classical mythology
Gods and goddesses
Non-classical legend, romance, and folklore

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