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metheglin
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Princeton's WordNet
metheglinnoun
spiced or medicated mead
Wiktionary
metheglinnoun
A spiced mead, originally from Wales.
Etymology: From meddyglyn, from meddyg (from medicus) + llyn (cognate with Irish lionn and Gaelic leann).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Metheglinnoun
Drink made of honey boiled with water and fermented.
Etymology: meddyglyn, Welsh, from medd and glyn, glutinare ait John Minsheu, vel a medclyg medicus & llyn potus quia potus medicinalis.
White handed mistress, one sweet word with thee.
— Honey, and milk, and sugar, there is three.
— Nay then two treys; and if you grow so nice,
Metheglin, wort, and malmsey. William Shakespeare.T’ allay the strength and hardness of the wine,
And with old Bacchus new metheglin join. Dryden.
Wikipedia
metheglin
Mead () is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting honey mixed with water, and sometimes with added ingredients such as fruits, spices, grains, or hops. The alcoholic content ranges from about 3.5% ABV to more than 20%. The defining characteristic of mead is that the majority of the beverage's fermentable sugar is derived from honey. It may be still, carbonated, or naturally sparkling; dry, semi-sweet, or sweet.The term honey wine is sometimes used as a synonym for mead, although wine is typically defined to be the product of fermented grapes or certain other fruits, and some cultures have honey wines that are distinct from mead. The honey wine of Hungary, for example, is the fermentation of honey-sweetened pomace of grapes or other fruits.Mead was produced in ancient times throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia, and has played an important role in the mythology of some peoples. In Norse mythology, for example, the Mead of Poetry, crafted from the blood of Kvasir (a wise being born from the mingled spittle of the Aesir and Vanir deities) would turn anyone who drank it into a poet or scholar.
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metheglin
Metheglin is a type of mead, a traditional alcoholic drink, that is flavored with various spices, herbs or flowers, such as cloves, sage, or rosemary, among others. The word is derived from the Welsh word "meddyglyn", which means healing liquor, as it was historically used for its perceived medicinal properties.
Webster Dictionary
Metheglinnoun
a fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead
Etymology: [W. meddyglyn; medd mead + llyn liquor, juice. See Mead a drink.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Metheglin
meth-eg′lin, n. mead, a fermented liquor made from honey.—n. Mether (-th′-) a vessel for mead. [W. meddyglyn—medd, mead, llyn, liquor.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of metheglin in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of metheglin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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