What does mead mean?
Mead means (alcoholic beverages) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water..
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/miːd/ · noun
(alcoholic beverages) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water..
"Just come in," said Mrs. Churchill, "and take one glass of my mead." / "No—not even such a golden promise tempts me. I am afraid that Lord Marchmont will be at home before me—and he is not yet accustomed to be kept waiting."
No one, then or now, wanted to drink the mead that came out of Odin's arse.
Farewel ye crystal streams, that pass / Thro’ fragrant meads of verdant grass:
Hither, hither, love — / ‘Tis a shady mead — / Hither, hither, love! / Let us feed and feed!
But any man that walks the mead, / In bud, or blade, or bloom, may find, / According as his humours lead, / A meaning suited to his mind.
Four voices of four hamlets round, / From far and near, on mead and moor, / Swell out and fail, as if a door / Were shut between me and the sound […]
'We must overhaul that mead,' he resumed; 'this mustn't continny!'
There ran little streams over bright pebbles, dividing meads of green and gardens of many hues, [...].
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Mead means (alcoholic beverages) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
"Just come in," said Mrs. Churchill, "and take one glass of my mead." / "No—not even such a golden promise tempts me. I am afraid that Lord Marchmont will be at home before me—and he is not yet accustomed to be kept waiting."
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