wineskin.html - n.
a whole skin of a goat etc. sown up and used to hold wine.

wineskin.html - n.
a whole skin of a goat etc. sown up and used to hold wine.

wineskin.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 fermented grape-juice as an alcoholic drink.
2 a fermented drink resembling this made from other fruits etc. as specified (elderberry wine; ginger wine).
3 the dark-red colour of red wine.

--v.

1 intr. drink wine.
2 tr. entertain to wine.

wine and dine entertain to or have a meal with wine. wine bar a bar or small restaurant where wine is the main drink available. wine bottle a glass bottle for wine, the standard size holding 75 cl or 26 2/3 fl. oz. wine box a square carton of wine with a dispensing tap. wine cellar 1 a cellar for storing wine.
2 the contents of this. wine-grower a cultivator of grapes for wine. wine list a list of wines available in a restaurant etc. wine-tasting 1 judging the quality of wine by tasting it.
2 an occasion for this. wine vinegar vinegar made from wine as distinct from malt. wine waiter a waiter responsible for serving wine.

wineless adj. [OE win f. Gmc f. L vinum]

wineskin.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 a a deciduous bristly shrub, Rubus phoenicolasius, from China and Japan, producing scarlet berries used in cookery. b this berry.
2 = MAKO(2).

wineskin.html - n.
a tippler or drunkard.

winebibbing n. & adj. [WINE + bib to tipple]

wineskin.html - n.
1 a glass for wine, usu. with a stem and foot.
2 the contents of this, a wineglassful.