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wine(1) (iou)



wine noun.
[Old English win = Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German win (Dutch wijn, German Wein), Old Norse vin, Gothic wein, from Germanic, from Latin vinum prob. borrowed with Greek oinos etc. from a common Mediterranean source.]
Alcoholic liquor produced from fermented grape juice; (with specifying word) a type of this; a drink of this. OE.
claret wine, Loire wine, Madeira wine, pink wine, red wine, Rhone wine, white wine, etc. fig.: D. C. Peattie The sparkling wine of her daily adventure. Guardian If employers 'intoxicated with the wine of Thatcherism' had been less arrogant.
F. Fyfield Wine and cheese parties..to show off the wonders of your house.
Alcoholic liquor resembling wine made from the fermented juice of other fruits, or from grain, flowers, the sap of various trees, etc. Usu. with specifying word. LME.
barley wine, birch wine, gooseberry wine, rhubarb wine, etc.
Pharmacology. A solution of a medicinal substance in wine; a medicated wine. Usu. foll. by of. M17.
In full wine-party. A party, esp. of undergraduates, the main purpose of which is wine-drinking. arch. E19.
A wineglass. M19.
A dark red colour; the colour of red wine. L19.
Phrases: bread and wine: see BREAD noun1. flower of wine: see FLOWER noun 11. high wine: see HIGH adjective. in wine intoxicated with wine. made wine: see MADE ppl adjective. new wine in old bottles [Matthew 9:17] something new or innovatory added to an existing or established system, order, etc. sops-in-wine: see SOP noun1. spirit of wine, spirits of wine: see SPIRIT noun. sweet wine: see SWEET adjective & adverb. take wine arch. drink wine with another person in a ceremonial manner, esp. as a token of friendship or regard. wine of the country = VIN du pays. wine, women, and song, wine, woman, and song [German WEIN, WEIB, UND GESANG]: proverbially required by men for carefree entertainment and pleasure.
Attrib. & comb.: In the sense 'of the colour of wine', as wine-red, wine-yellow, etc. Special combs., as wine bar (a) a counter in a club, shop, etc., where wine is kept or sold; (b) a bar or small licensed restaurant where wine is the main drink available; wineberry any of various shrubs or small trees bearing berries resembling wine in colour or taste, esp. (more fully Japanese wineberry) a bramble of China and Japan, Rubus phoenicolasius, with edible orange fruit, and (NZ) the tutu, Coriaria arborea, or the mako, Aristotelia racemosa; the fruit of such a plant; wine book (a) a book for keeping records of wines bought and consumed; (b) a book about wines; wine bottle a glass bottle for wine, the standard size holding 75 cl or 26 2 / 3 fluid ounces; wine box a square carton of wine fitted with a dispensing tap; wine buff a wine enthusiast; wine butler: in charge of the wine cellar and responsible for serving wine at meals etc.; wine cellar: see CELLAR 3; wine-dark adjective of the colour of deep-red wine (used esp. to render Greek oinops as an epithet of the sea); wine-dot Austral. slang [joc. from WYANDOT] an addict of cheap wine; wine farm S. Afr.: on which grapes are grown for wine-making and usually wine is made; wine-farmer a wine-grower; winefat arch. = wine-vat below; wine fly any of various flies that are attracted to wine etc., or that have larvae that live in wine; esp. a vinegar fly; wine fountain a large vessel for holding and dispensing wine; wine-gallon a former measure of liquid capacity equal to 231 cubic inches; wine-god a god associated with wine, esp. Bacchus or Dionysus; wine-grape (orig. US) a grape suitable for making into wine; wine-grower a cultivator of vines for wine production; wine-growing the cultivation of vines for wine production; wine gum a small fruit-flavoured sweet made with gelatin; wine-house (a) (now chiefly Hist.) a public house where wine is drunk; (b) a firm of wine-merchants; wine label (a) a label hung round the neck of a decanter to indicate what wine it holds; (b) a paper label on a wine bottle, stating the wine's name and provenance; wine lake a stockpile or surplus of wine; wine-lees the sediment of wine; wine list a list of the wines available at a restaurant etc.; wine lodge (a) a storage room for wine; (b) a licensed establishment selling wine, beer, and soft drinks; wine-palm any palm from which palm wine is obtained, esp. Caryota urens; wine-party: see sense 4 above; wine-porter (now rare): employed to carry wine, esp. to deposit it in cellars; wine-pot a pot or flagon for wine; wine rack a frame with compartments for holding bottles of wine in a horizontal position; winesap a large red American winter apple; wineskin (a) a container for wine made from the whole skin of an animal; (b) fig. a person who fills his or her skin with wine, a tippler; wine snob a person who pretentiously uses an often flawed knowledge of wine in order to impress others; winesour a small acid variety of plum; wine steward: responsible for serving wine in a restaurant etc.; wine-taster (a) a person who judges the quality of wine by tasting; (b) an instrument for drawing a small sample of wine from a cask; wine-tasting judging the quality of wine by tasting; an occasion when this is done; wine-vat a winepress; wine-vault(s) (a) a vault in which wine is stored; (b) a public-house; wine-vinegar vinegar made from wine (as opp. to malt vinegar etc.); wine waiter, wine waitress: responsible for advising on and serving wine in a restaurant etc.
wineless adjective LME.
winish adjective (rare) having the quality or nature of wine; resembling wine: M16-M18.