Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Vinegar.
- noun [Vinegar was deemed efficacious in preventing contagion.]
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Vinegar; verjuice.
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- noun obsolete
vinegar ,verjuice
Etymologies
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Ultimately from Latin acētum
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Examples
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Had she commanded me to drink up eisel or eat a crocodile, I would have done it.
The Belovéd Vagabond William John Locke 1896
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We have also received a Note from G.F. G. showing that _eisel_ in Dutch, German, and Anglo-Saxon, &c., meant _vinegar_, and stating, that during his residence in F.orence in 1817, 1818, and
sionnach commented on the word eisel
vinegar, also described as "wormwood wine", something unpleasant to drink. For instance, in this passage Hamlet says he will do anything to prove he loved Ophelia more than Laertes did:
'Swounds, show me what thou'lt do:
Woo't weep? woo't fight? woo't fast? woo't tear thyself?
Woo't drink up eisel? eat a crocodile?
I'll do't. Dost thou come here to whine?
To outface me with leaping in her grave?
Be buried quick with her, and so will I:
November 1, 2007