hippocras


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hip·po·cras

(hĭp′ə-krăs′)
n.
A cordial made from wine and flavored with spices, formerly used as a medicine.
[Middle English ipocras, from Old French ypocras, hypocras, from alteration of Hippocras, Hippocrates.]
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hippocras

(ˈhɪpəʊˌkræs)
n
(Cookery) an old English drink of wine flavoured with spices
[C14 ypocras, from Old French: Hippocrates, probably referring to a filter called Hippocrates' sleeve]
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hip•po•cras

(ˈhɪp əˌkræs)

n.
(in the Middle Ages) a medicinal cordial of spiced wine.
[1325–75; Middle English ypocras, appar. short for ypocras wyn, translation of Medieval Latin vīnum hippocraticum; so called because filtered through a strainer named after Hippocrates]
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"That," replied Oudarde dryly, "does not prevent the Flemings having very fine horses, and having had a superb supper yesterday with monsieur, the provost of the merchants, at the Hôtel-de-Ville, where they were served with comfits and hippocras, and spices, and other singularities."
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