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metheglin
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metheglin \Me*theg"lin\, n. [W. meddyglyn; medd mead + llyn
liquor, juice. See Mead a drink.]
A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead.
--Gay.
Wiktionary
n. A spiced mead, originally from Wales.
WordNet
n. spiced or medicated mead
Usage examples of "metheglin".
Like to that we drank of old - Gold is her metheglin beaker, She destruction drinks in gold.
Essex from honey-combs and water, called mead, which differed from the metheglin as chalk from cheese.
It tasted some like metheglin, though without the taste of honey, and it clung to the cup with such determination that Inman found himself licking it out.
Cups of strong mead, made from honey when new, Metheglin they called it, a mighty strong brew, Their whistles to wet for the morrow.
Many of the familiar drinks of to-day were unknown to them, but their hard cider, mint julep, metheglin, hot toddy, and lemonade in which the lemon was not at all prominent, sometimes made lively work for the broad-brimmed hats and silver knee-buckles.
Praying the king, therefore, to excuse him, he proceeded to serve supper, and while he was thus occupied, Margaret Rider, by his directions, brought a jug of metheglin for the king.
It was metheglin, and although Murdo had drunk it but twice in his life before now, he pronounced it very good indeed.