Here's that windy applause, that poor, transitory pleasure, for which I
was dishonored.
South.
Wine (?), n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel. vn; all from
the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, &?;, and E. withy. Cf. Vine, Vineyard,
Vinous, Withy.]
1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or
liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually)
allowing it to ferment. "Red wine of Gascoigne." Piers Plowman.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise.
Prov. xx. 1.
Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison
of misused wine.
Milton.
Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol, containing also
certain small quantities of ethers and ethereal salts which give
character and bouquet. According to their color, strength, taste, etc.,
wines are called red, white, spirituous, dry, light, still, etc.
2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant
by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine;
gooseberry wine; palm wine.