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noun

Muscatel n.

A common name for several varieties of rich sweet wine, made in Italy, Spain, and France.

pl. Finest raisins, dried on the vine; "sun raisins." (Variously written moscatel, muscadel, etc)

adjective

Muscatel adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating, or derived from, a muscat grapes or similar grapes; as, muscatel grapes; muscatel wine, etc.

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Etymology of 'Muscatel'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Muscatel" Quotes from Famous Books

... cheap and plentiful. I will quote one or two prices at random from a market-book: artichokes, l1/2d. a lb.; tomatoes, 2d. a lb.; beetroot and cabbages, 1s. 6d. a dozen; potatoes, 6s. a cwt. During the season fruit is very cheap. Splendid Muscatel grapes can be bought in Adelaide from ld. to 2d. a lb.; peaches, 3d. a dozen; apricots, 2d. a dozen; raspberries, 5d. a lb.; cherries, 2d. a lb.; strawberries, 4d.; plums almost for nothing; but by far the best is the passion-fruit. Neither vegetables nor fruit, as sold in the markets ...

— Town Life in Australia - 1883 • R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny

... as follows: A muscatel raisin forms the body, and small portions of the stalk of the same fruit the head and legs. With a little judgment in the selection of the pieces of stalk and the mode in which they are thrust into the body, it is surprising what a life-like tortoise may be thus produced. While the work of art in ...

— Entertainments for Home, Church and School • Frederica Seeger