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HONEY WINE [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2010-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
  • Winemaking
OBS

mead :[A] honey wine... considered by many to be the first alcoholic beverage created, predating both grape wine and beer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
  • Industrie vinicole

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
DEF

A drink made from a fermented mixture of honey and water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Boisson alcoolique que l'on produit en faisant fermenter du miel en dissolution dans une certaine quantité d'eau.

OBS

chouchen : (mot breton) en Bretagne hydromel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bebidas
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Record 3 2006-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

A large Greek island in the Aegean off the southeast mainland coast. Chief town : Chalcis. It is largely mountainous(Delphi) but the plains produce grain, wine, oil, lemons, honey and figs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

En grec «Evvoia» ou «Euboia»; au Moyen Âge «Nègrepoint». Île grecque de la mer Égée, séparée de la Grèce continentale, toute proche, par les canaux d'Oréos, d'Atalante et de l'Euripe (franchi par un pont).

OBS

Le générique du nom d'une île prend la minuscule dans un texte suivi, et la majuscule dans une liste, sur une carte géographique ou un panneau de signalisation.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Beekeeping
  • Sugar Industry
DEF

A sweet viscid fluid, of various shades from nearly white to deep golden, being the nectar of flowers collected and worked up for food by certain insects, esp. the honey-bee.

PHR

Honey of borax.

PHR

Honey-heavy, honey-laden.

PHR

Honey bike, brake,-cake, colour,-crock,-cup, drink,-harvest,-knife,-mead,-pore,-scale,-shop,-time, wine.

PHR

Honey-coloured, -hearted, -lipped, -loaded, -steeped, -mouthed, -stored, -wooled.

PHR

Honey agaric, ant, -apple, -baby, -badger, -bag, -balm, banana, -basket, -bearer, -beer, -berry, -blob, -bloom, -bottle, -bread, -bucket, -bun, -bunch, -cell, -cherry, chile, -creeper, -dresser, -extractor, -fall, -farmer, -flow, -fly, fungus, -garlic, -gate, -gatherer, -gilding, -gland, -gold, -holder, -hunter, -kite, -locust, -lotus, -maker, -man, -mark, -meal, -mesquit, -moth, -mouse, mushroom, -pear, -people, -plant, -pod, possum, -rore, -soap, -sop, -spot, -stalks, -stomach, -sucker, -tear, -tube, -ware, -water, -week, -wood, -words, -worker.

PHR

Honey-bearing, -dropping, -eating, -flowing, -gathering, -making, -secreting, -storing, -yielding.

PHR

Borax, clover, corn, heather, stone, wood honey.

PHR

Clarified honey.

PHR

Live, unripe, virgin, white, wild honey.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Élevage des abeilles
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Substance sirupeuse et sucrée, de couleur ambrée, que les abeilles élaborent dans leur jabot avec le nectar des fleurs ou d'autres matières végétales, et qu'elles dégorgent dans des alvéoles de cire pour la nourriture de leur communauté.

CONT

Les abeilles vont chercher le nectar des fleurs pour le convertir en miel.

PHR

Fourmi, mouche à miel.

PHR

Bonbon, préparation pharmaceutique au miel.

PHR

Couleur, gâteau, goût, jatte, parfum, pot de miel.

PHR

Douceur, production du miel.

PHR

Miel rosat, violat.

PHR

Miel de Narbonne, du Gâtinais; miel des fleurs.

PHR

Sentir le miel; séparer le miel de la cire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Cría de abejas
  • Industria azucarera
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Record 5 1987-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wine Service
DEF

Wine flavoured with spice and honey.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Service des vins
DEF

Boisson qu'on préparait avec du miel, des épices et du vin.

OBS

Très usitée et très estimée dans le Moyen Age.

CONT

Après le dîner on servait le piment, l'hypocras et toute sorte de liqueurs savoureuses.

Spanish

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