The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alicant
Alicant \Al"i*cant\, n.
A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed; -- said to have been
made near Alicant, in Spain.
--J. Fletcher.
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alicant
n. A kind of wine, formerly much esteemed, said to have been made near Alicante in Spain.
Usage examples of "alicant".
But above all, the season for curing the grapes coming on, I caused such a prodigious quantity to be hung up in the sun, that, I believe, had we been at Alicant, where the raisins of the sun are cured, we could have filled sixty or eighty barrels.
I had also to request leave of absence, which I obtained in expectation of some property being left to the convent by an elderly gentleman residing at Alicant, who was expected to die, and from whom I produced a letter, requesting my presence.