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Dregs of wine

Dregs of wine is a dark mauve. It refers to the color of the lees of wine which settle at the bottom of a wine vessel.

Dregs of wine is one of the official colors of the social fraternity Delta Psi, of the professional fraternity Phi Delta Chi, and of the sorority Pi Beta Phi.

Usage examples of "dregs of wine".

Ivar gulped the dregs of wine from the cup he was taking to refill.

Theon picked one up and sniffed at the dregs of wine in the bottom.

He dressed himself with sober rigour for once in his foppish life, and descended, after night had fallen, to a tavern in a poor street behind the Duomo, hoping that there, among the dregs of wine, he might find what he required.