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mead
n.
alcoholic liquor made of fermented honey and water; any of various nonalcoholic drinks; meadow (Archaic)
Mead
Mead (; archaic and dialectal "medd"; from
Old English "meodu",) is an
alcoholic beverage created by
fermenting honey with water, sometimes with various
fruit,
spices,
grains, or
hops. (Hops act as a
preservative and produce a bitter,
beer-like flavor.) The alcoholic content of mead may range from about 8%
ABV to more than 20%. The defining characteristic of mead is that the majority of the beverage's fermentable sugar is derived from honey. It may be still, carbonated, or naturally sparkling; and it may be dry, semi-sweet, or sweet.
Mead
Noun
1. United States anthropologist noted for her claims about adolescence and sexual behavior in Polynesian cultures (1901-1978)
(synonym) Margaret Mead
(hypernym) anthropologist
2. United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931)
(synonym) George Herbert Mead
(hypernym) philosopher
mead
Noun
1. made of fermented honey and water
(hypernym) brew, brewage
(hyponym) metheglin
(substance-meronym) honey
mear
v.
(Vulgar Slang) piss; walk all over, mortify
Mead
(n.)
A meadow.
(n.)
A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel.
(n.)
A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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