Hypertext Webster Gateway: "claret"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Claret \Clar"et\ (kl[a^]r"[e^]t), n. [OE. claret, clare, clarry,
OF. claret, clar['e], fr. cler, F. clair, clear, fr. L.
clarus clear. See {Clear}.]
The name first given in England to the red wines of M['e]doc,
in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux
wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the
United States.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
claret
n 1: a dark purplish red
2: dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine [syn: {red Bordeaux}]
v : drink claret; "They were clareting until well past midnight"
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