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vintage |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vintage \Vint"age\ (?; 48), n. [Corrupted by influence of vintner, vintry, from OE vindage, vendage, for vendange OF vendenge F. vendange from L. vindemia; vinum wine, grapes + demere to take off de + emere, originally, to take See {Wine}, {Redeem}, and cf {Vindemial}.] 1. The produce of the vine for one season, in grapes or in wine; as the vintage is abundant; the vintage of 1840. 2. The act or time of gathering the crop of grapes, or making the wine for a season. {Vintage spring}, a wine fount. {Vintage time}, the time of gathering grapes and making wine. --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vintage n 1: a season's yield of wine from a vineyard 2: the oldness of wines [syn: {time of origin}]
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