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Muscadel   Listen
noun
muscadelle, Muscadel  n.  See Muscatel, n. "Quaffed off the muscadel."


Muscatel  n.  
1.
A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine, made in Italy, Spain, and France.
2.
pl. Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins." (Variously written moscatel, muscadel, etc)





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"Muscadel" Quotes from Famous Books



... called Estanzia del Rei, or the royal possession, has Chillan on the north, the Andes on the east, the river Biobio on the south, and Puchacay on the west. This district is rich in gold, and produces an excellent wine resembling muscadel. To protect this province against the warlike and independent Araucanians, there are four forts on the north side of the Biobio, named Jumbel, Tucapel, Santa Barbara, and Puren; and as the boundary line is to the south of that river, the Spaniards have likewise the forts ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 5 • Robert Kerr


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