Sherry
31sherry — (entrée créée par le supplément) (chè ri) s. m. Nom anglais du vin de Xérès. • Fi du porto, du sherry, du madère !, BARBIER Iambes et poëmes, le Gin …
32Sherry — Is this name Scottish or Irish, or both? Nobody seems to be absolutely certain, partly because it is found in many spelling forms. What is certain is the origin is Gaelic, the derivation being (almost) certainly from searraigh an ancient word… …
33Sherry — Sher|ry 〈 [ʃɛ̣rı] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 würziger Süßwein; Syn. Jerez [Etym.: nach Sherry, der engl. Bez. der span. Stadt Jerez de la Fontera] …
34sherry — sher|ry [ˈʃeri] n plural sherries [U and C] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: sherris sherry (16 18 centuries), from Xeres (now Jerez), city in southwestern Spain] a pale or dark brown strong wine, originally from Spain …
35Sherry — Sher|ry [ ʃɛri] der; s, s <über engl. sherry aus gleichbed. span. jerez, nach dem Namen der span. Stadt Jerez de la Frontera> ein span. Aperitif od. Dessertwein …
36sherry — sher|ry [ ʃeri ] noun uncount a strong wine from southern Spain, often drunk before a meal a. count a glass of sherry …
37sherry — [16] Various sorts of dryish or sweetened white wine known as sack (etymologically ‘dry wine’) were imported into England in the 16th and 17th centuries. Many came from Spain, and the sort made around Xerez (now Jerez) in southern Spain was… …
38sherry — /ˈʃɛri / (say sheree) noun (plural sherries) 1. a fortified and blended wine of southern Spain. 2. (in unofficial use) any similar fortified wine made elsewhere. See apera. {earlier sherris, taken as plural, from Spanish (vino de) Xeres, (wine… …
39sherry — sher|ry sb., en, er, erne, i sms. sherry , fx sherryglas, sherryeddike …
40sherry — [16] Various sorts of dryish or sweetened white wine known as sack (etymologically ‘dry wine’) were imported into England in the 16th and 17th centuries. Many came from Spain, and the sort made around Xerez (now Jerez) in southern Spain was… …
