"ypocras" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Forms: ypocrass [plural], hippocras [alternative], Ipocras [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|plural|ypocrass}} ypocras (plural ypocrass)
  1. Wine flavoured with spices. Related terms: Ypocras
    Sense id: en-ypocras-enm-noun-kmKBtBIe Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "english": "Geoffrey Chaucer, The Merchant's Tale, The Canterbury Tales",
          "text": "13??: He dranke hippocras, clarre, and vernage / Of spices hot, to increase his courage",
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          "text": "1593: Christopher Marlowe, I can make thee drunk with hippocras at any tavern in / Europe for nothing. The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus"
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