Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A sort of liquor used for increasing the body and darkening the color of sherry, made by boiling down must to one fifth or one sixth of its original quantity.

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Examples

  • Nantucket bay scallops Fideua (paella with noodles) with rock shrimp, octopus and Dungeness crab Torta de la serena (soft, flavorful Spanish sheep’s milk cheese) and tetilla with arrope (a Spanish cow’s milk cheese, with grape syrup)

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