Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Beeswing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Beeswing \Bees"wing`\, n.
The second crust formed in port and some other wines after
long keeping. It consists of pure, shining scales of tartar,
supposed to resemble the wing of a bee.


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