Mead
[miːd]
Definition
(noun.) made of fermented honey and water.
(noun.) United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931).
(noun.) United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978).
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Definition
(n.) A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel.
(n.) A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.
(n.) A meadow.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Metheglin.[2]. [Poetical.] Meadow.
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Definition
n. honey and water fermented and flavoured.
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Examples
- All that can be said against mead is that 'tis rather heady, and apt to lie about a man a good while. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Try a glass of mead or elder-wine. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They had not been near enough to the river to hear the plunge, but they saw the removal of the carriage lamp, and watched its motion into the mead. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It is mentioned as an infallible ointment by Hoffman, Mead, and I think the Abbe Fontana. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Priscus mentions mead in the place of wine, millet for corn, and a drink either distilled[272] or brewed from barley. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yes, said Wildeve, 'tis some old mead. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Right, Grandfer, said Sam; and the mead then circulated. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Its origin was unmistakable--it was the fall of a body into the stream in the adjoining mead, apparently at a point near the weir. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They sit in the kitchen, drink mead and elder-wine, and sand the floor to keep it clean. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In 1809, David Mead Randolph of England patented machinery for riveting soles and heels to the uppers instead of sewing them together. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- At Stickleford--about two miles to the right of Alderworth, ma'am, where the meads begin. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She had not been gone from Blooms-End more than half an hour when Yeobright came by the meads from the other direction and entered the house. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They looked down on the deep valley robed in May raiment; on varied meads, some pearled with daisies, and some golden with king-cups. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Our two heath-croppers are in the habit of straying into the meads, and tomorrow evening you can go and see if they are gone there. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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