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Rhenish

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Rhenish
1. of or relating to the River Rhine or the lands adjacent to it, esp the Rhineland-Palatinate
2. another word for hock (the wine)


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Moreover, as that of Heidelburgh was always replenished with the most excellent of the wines of the Rhenish valleys, so the tun of the whale contains by far the most precious of all his oily vintages; namely, the highly-prized spermaceti, in its absolutely pure, limpid, and odoriferous state.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Here he drew rein and called loudly for a pottle of Rhenish wine to be brought him, for stout country ale was too coarse a drink for this young gentleman.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
Moreover, if the King's companies keep these prizes, the winning companies shall have, first, two tuns of Rhenish wine; second, two tuns of English beer; and, third, five of the fattest harts that run on Dallom Lea.
Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context
 
 
 
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