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Webster 1913 Edition
Madeira
Ma-dei′ra
,Noun.
[Pg., the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L.
materia
stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded. See Matter
.] A rich wine made on the Island of Madeira.
A cup of
Madeira
, and a cold capon’s leg. Shakespeare
Madeira nut
(Bot.)
, the European walnut; the nut of the
Juglans regia
.Webster 1828 Edition
Madeira
MADEIRA
,Noun.