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malmsey
CIDE DICTIONARY
malmsey, n. [OE. malvesie, F. malvoisie, It. malvasia, malavagia, fr. Malvasia, or Napoli di Malvasia, in the Morea.].
A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
malmsey, n. a strong sweet wine orig. from Greece, now chiefly from Madeira.
Etymology
ME f. MDu., MLG malmesie, -eye, f. Monemvasia in S. Greece: cf. MALVOISIE
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