The Collaborative International Dictionary
Malvesie
Malvesie \Mal"ve*sie\, n.
Malmsey wine. See Malmsey. `` A jub of malvesye.''
--Chaucer.
Usage examples of "malvesie".
I had but sat down to a flask of malvesie and a mortress of brawn, as is my use about this hour, when there comes a cherking, and I find my wine over my legs and the flask in my lap, and then as I stoop to clip it there comes another cursed cherk, and there is a mortress of brawn stuck fast to the nape of my neck.