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e or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

A beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger. [U. S.]

A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water; as, tea is a common beverage.

ation formed for the purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage.

A beverage made of brandy and gin. [Slang]

The liquor used for a wassail; esp., a beverage formerly much used in England at Christmas and other festivals, made of ale (or wine) flavored with spices, sugar, toast, roasted apples, etc.; -- called also lamb's wool. A jolly wassail bowl, A wassail of good ale. Old Song.

Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. "Red wine of Gascoigne." Piers Plowman. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Prov. xx. 1. Bacchus, that fi…

A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat. [Written also zythem.]