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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Muscadel(l, n. Also: muscadall, muskedall, (musquedale); and Muscaldy. [ME. muskadelle (14–15th c.), e.m.E. muscadel(l (1526), muscatel (1535), OF. muscadel, muscatel.] A kind of sweet wine made from the muscat or a similar grape, muscatel. —1434 Exch. R. IV. 564.
[Pro una bota vini de Muscadello
1529 Household Bks. Jas. V App. 33.]
Empt. ij lagine … vini Musquedale pricium xlij s.
a1578 Pitsc. II. 320/13.
At this tyme Burdeous vyne gave v schilling the pynt and vyne sekk vij schilling the pynt and muskedall gave x schilling the pynt
1603 Philotus xxiii.
Ane cup or twa with muscadall, Sum vther licht thing thairwithall
1612 Bk. Rates (Halyb.) 334.
Muscadels, maluaseis and all vther wynes of the grouth of the Levant seas

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