Muscadel /(?)/

Mus·ca·del

Muscadel

n.

[It. moscadello, moscatello, LL. muscatellum or muscadellum (sc. vinum), fr. muscatellus nutmeglike, dim. of muscatus smelling like musk, muscatum and muscata (sc. nux) nutmeg: cf. F. muscadelle, fr. Italian. See Musk and cf. Moschatel, Muscardin, Muscat, Nutmeg.]

See Muscatel, n.
Quaffed off the muscadel.
— Shak.

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