Middle English word senses marked with topical category "Alcoholic beverages"
Parent categories: Beverages, Recreational drugs, Drinking, Food and drink, Liquids, Drugs, Human behaviour, Matter, Pharmacology, Human, Chemistry, Nature, Biochemistry, Medicine, Sciences, Biology, Healthcare, Health, Body
Subcategories: Alcohol production, Beer, Wine
Total 65 word senses
- ale (Noun) ale (beverage)
- aqua vite (Noun) A kind of brandy (often flavoured with spices).
- bastard (Noun) a kind of fortified wine, often with spices added
- bastard (Adjective) coming not from wedlock, coming from bastardy; illegitimate
- bastard (Adjective) made using or incorporating fortified wine
- berme (Noun) The head of foam present in beer that is aging.
- berme (Noun) barm (froth used for fermented and leavened food)
- berme (Noun) yeast (fungus that produces barm)
- berme (Noun) The head of foam present in a glass of beer.
- berme (Noun) Alternative form of barm (“belly, chest”)
- beverage (Noun) An (alcoholic) beverage or beverages.
- beverage (Noun) Such a beverage used to close negotiations; said negotiations in themselves.
- beverage (Noun) Hardship, pain, torment; events that are hard to handle.
- bragot (Noun) bragget (beverage made of ale and honey)
- brewen (Verb) To brew; to make or be involved in making alcoholic beverages (especially beer).
- brewere (Noun) brewer
- brewestere (Noun) brewer
- brewhous (Noun) A brewhouse or brewery; a place for making beer.
- brewynge (Noun) brewing (the manufacture of alcoholic beverages)
- canner (Noun) A machine that removes impurities from wine.
- caudel (Noun) caudle (hot drink given to the sick)
- ciser (Noun) Any alcoholic beverage of great strength and potency.
- clarré (Noun) wine with honey and spices
- flask (Noun) A small barrel for beer storage.
- flask (Noun) A container for the storage of garments.
- flouren (Noun) To become a gold colour.
- growte (Noun) Grains utilised in mashing malt
- housel (Noun) The bread and wine utilised at Holy Communion.
- malmesye (Noun) malvoisie, malmsey (type of wine)
- malvesye (Noun) malvoisie, malmsey (type of wine)
- mede (Noun) mead (alcoholic beverage)
- muskadel (Noun) Wine made from muscat grapes; muscatel.
- must (Noun) must (wine that is not fully fermented)
- perre (Noun) perry
- pipe (Noun) A pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids):; A syringe; a hollow tube for medical removal or insertion.
- pipe (Noun) A pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids):; Any other medical device or equipment based around a chamber or pipe.
- pipe (Noun) A barrel or tub; a container or vessel for the storage of bulk goods, especially wine.
- rosee (Noun) A meal incorporating rose petals or flowers
- rother (Noun) A stick for mixing malt during brewing.
- saturnous (Adjective) Rich in flavour; full-bodied.
- sider (Noun) Hard cider or an analogous beverage made of other fruits.
- sider (Noun) Any alcoholic beverage of great strength and potency.
- stale (Adjective) clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong
- syngyng (Noun) The sound of wine undergoing fermentation.
- taphose (Noun) A sieve placed over a spout of a container holding mash.
- tappestere (Noun) A tavernkeeper or tapster; a person (originally a woman) who sells ale.
- vendage (Noun) vintage (the seasonal crop of a vineyard)
- vendage (Noun) vintage (the process of picking grapes)
- vergeous (Noun) verjuice (often used as sauce or medicine)
- vernage (Noun) A sweet, white Italian wine.
- viniter (Noun) vintner (wine merchant)
- viniterie (Noun) vintry (wine shop)
- vinous (Adjective) vinous (relating to wine)
- vyne-tre (Noun) grapevine
- vynegre (Noun) vinegar, especially that made from wine (often used in cooking, medicine and as a garnish).
- vyner (Noun) vineyard
- vyneȝerd (Noun) grapevine
- vynolent (Adjective) vinolent (tending to drink excessively)
- vyntener (Noun) vintner (wine merchant)
- wort (Noun) Wort (as in brewing) or an analogous mixture (e.g. used for mead)
- wyn (Noun) wine (in food, cooking, medicine, the Eucharist, etc.)
- wyndrawer (Noun) One who transports wine.
- wyndronken (Adjective) Drunk or inebriated with wine.
- wyny (Adjective) Related to or containing wine; winy.
- yest (Noun) The broth or foam created by beer.
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