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To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master. [Obs.] His two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume. Shak.

addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as cordite M. D.

The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.

having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked.

aic] A youth, that, following with a costrel, bore The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine. Tennyson.

The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.

lanted in the earth; fruit; harvest. Lab'ring the soil, and reaping plenteous crop, Corn, wine, and oil. Milton.

A vessel used to hold wine, oil, or water for the service of the altar. Cruet stand, a frame for holding cruets; a caster.

An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing.

Incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; as, old, crusted port wine.

A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like.

rior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture. I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications. Addison. The very source and fount of day Is dashed with wandering isles o…

To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.

system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons.

so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.

ecant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.

atural hue or color of; to change to a different color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.

by distillation, as spirits, essential oil, etc.; to rectify; as, to distill brandy from wine; to distill alcoholic spirits from grain; to distill essential oils from flowers, etc.; to distill fresh water from sea water. "Distilling odors on me." Tennyson.

Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc.

The process of adding some ingredient, as to wine, to give flavor, character, or strength.