Definitions for metheglin

metheglin me·theg·lin

Spelling: [muh-theg-lin]
IPA: /məˈθɛg lɪn/

Metheglin is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 302 anagrams from letters in metheglin (eeghilmnt).

Definitions for metheglin

noun

  1. a variety of spiced mead.

Origin of metheglin

1525-35; Welsh meddyglyn, equivalent to meddyg healing (Latin medicus; see medical) + llyn liquor

Examples for metheglin

The older the honey is, the whiter coloured the metheglin will be.

This method of preparing mead (or metheglin) is current to this day among our peasantry.

metheglin cans and drinking-mugs of pewter were found on nearly every table.

Where metheglin was making he would linger round the tubs and vessels, begging a draught of what he called bee-wine.

This strong drink was metheglin, of which two hogsheads were to be delivered at Plymouth.

metheglin, meth-eg′lin, n. mead, a fermented liquor made from honey.

Where metheglin was making, he would linger round the tubs and vessels, begging a draught of what he called Bee-wine.

Presently servants came in and set wine before them—honey-mead and Danish beer, and metheglin and sweet cakes.

In the middle of the century metheglin was worth ten shillings a barrel in the Connecticut Valley.

To make verses to the widow, on the other hand, came as easy as sipping usquebaugh or metheglin.

Word Value for metheglin
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