What does muscadel mean?
Muscadel means Alternative form of muscatel (“wine or grape”)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of muscatel (“wine or grape”)..
The rich muscadel and malmsey, and the wines of Gascoigne and the Rhine, are no longer quaffed by the abbot and his more honoured guests, but drunk to his destruction by his foes.
It was his custom to wash the tobacco in muscadel and grains, and to keep it moist by wrapping it in greased leather, and oiled rags, or by burying it in gravel.
Howbeit, as the beer well sodden in the brewing, and stale, is clear and well coloured as muscadel or malvesey, or rather yellow as the gold noble, as our pot-knights call it, so our ale, which is not at all or very little sodden, and without hops, is more thick, fulsome, and of no such continuance, which are three notable things to be considered in that liquor.
Chestnuts, soaked in muscadel, then boiled, along with satyrion, pistachio nuts, pine kernels, cubebs, cinnamon, rocket seed and sugar. Compounded together, these ingredient form a stimulating electuary.
Use muscadel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Muscadel means Alternative form of muscatel (“wine or grape”)..
Common synonyms include muscat, muscatel, muscadelle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The rich muscadel and malmsey, and the wines of Gascoigne and the Rhine, are no longer quaffed by the abbot and his more honoured guests, but drunk to his destruction by his foes.
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