Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A meadow.
- noun An alcoholic beverage made from fermented honey and water.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
meadow : now chiefly used in poetry. - noun A strong liquor made by mixing honey with water and flavoring it, yeast or some similar ferment being added, and the whole allowed to ferment.
- noun A sweet drink charged with carbonic gas, and flavored with some syrup, as sarsaparilla.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A meadow.
- noun A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel.
- noun United States A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an
alcoholic drinkfermented fromhoney andwater - noun poetic A
meadow .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931)
- noun made of fermented honey and water
- noun United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"_Now up the mead, now down the mead_," and then over hill and dale they sped.
Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett
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“Beowulf” was first committed to parchment around the year 1000, up to then it had only existed as a oral poem recited to friends, families and subjects over fires, in mead halls, and by bards to many people.
“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Translated by Simon Armitage (Norton, 2007) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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“Beowulf” was first committed to parchment around the year 1000, up to then it had only existed as a oral poem recited to friends, families and subjects over fires, in mead halls, and by bards to many people.
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If we create a dystopia, it is so that our heroes can set it to rights, and drink mead from the skull of the vanquished oppressor.
The Neopulp Manifesto (Draft) zornhau 2007
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“No matter,” said the old man, who was deep in his cups, having drunk the liquor of the region — a vile substance they call mead, yet it is potent — “you are still a brave man to face the wendol.”
Eaters Of The Dead Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1976
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A by product of honey, called mead, is reported to be the oldest alcoholic beverage known to man.
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Personally, I'll stay with mead, which is honeywine.
The Sudden Curve: 2005
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Personally, I'll stay with mead, which is honeywine.
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Germany and the Slavic countries were leading producers in the meantime, and honey wine or mead from the Sanskrit word for “honey” was a great favorite in both central Europe and Scandinavia.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Germany and the Slavic countries were leading producers in the meantime, and honey wine or mead from the Sanskrit word for “honey” was a great favorite in both central Europe and Scandinavia.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
ofravens commented on the word mead
'A daisied mead' each said to each
from 'Bucolics,' by Sylvia Plath
April 9, 2008
yarb commented on the word mead
...morning mowers, who side by side slowly and seethingly advance their scythes through the long wet grass of marshy meads...
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 58
July 26, 2008
dontcry commented on the word mead
"A drink almost as old as history. The names derives from ancient words for honey." Takes a year and a day to make.
October 8, 2008
Socrates commented on the word mead
Or is it only the breeze, in it listlessness
Traveling across the wet mead to me here,
You being ever dissolved to wan wistlessness,
Heard no more again far or near?
The Voice by Thomas Hardy
February 24, 2013