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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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8 words match “VINOUS”

VINOUS a.
Of or pertaining to wine; having the qualities of wine; as, a vinous taste.
COVINOUS a.
Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.
ALCOHOL n.
from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation.
COVENOUS a.
See Covinous, and Covin.
VINOSE a.
Vinous.
VINOSITY n.
The quality or state of being vinous.
WINE n.
Tartaric. [Colloq.] - - Wine apple (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor. -- Wine bag, a wine skin. -- Wine biscuit, a kind of sweet biscuit served with wine. -- Wine cask, a cask for holding wine, or which holds, or has held, wine. -- Wine cellar, a cellar adapted or used for storing…
WINY a.
Having the taste or qualities of wine; vinous; as, grapes of a winy taste. Dampier.