n. A sweet, fortified wine made in Madeira, originally from the malvasia grape.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A kind of sweet wine from Crete, the Canary Islands, etc.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A kind of grape.
n. A wine, usually sweet, strong, and of high flavor, originally and still made in Greece, but now especially in the Canary and Madeira islands, and also in the Azores and in Spain.
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n. sweet Madeira wine
Word Usage
"Before leaving, the boats were loaded with casks of the local quaffer, which was usually a blend of several grapes: verdelho, sercial, bual, malvasia (also known as malmsey), and terrantez."