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Webster 1913 Edition

Mead

Mead

(mēd)
,
Noun.
[OE.
mede
, AS.
meodo
; akin to D.
mede
, G.
met
,
meth
, OHG.
metu
,
mitu
, Icel.
mjöðr
, Dan.
miöd
, Sw.
mjöd
, Russ.
med’
, Lith.
midus
, W.
medd
, Gr.
μέθυ
wine, Skr.
madhu
honey, a sweet drink, as adj., sweet. √270. Cf.
Metheglin
.]
1.
A fermented drink made of water and honey with malt, yeast, etc.; metheglin; hydromel.
Chaucer.
2.
A drink composed of sirup of sarsaparilla or other flavoring extract, and water. It is sometimes charged with carbonic acid gas.
[U. S.]

Mead

,
Noun.
[AS.
mǣd
. See
Meadow
.]
A meadow.
A
mede

All full of freshe flowers, white and reede.
Chaucer.
To fertile vales and dewy
meads

My weary, wandering steps he leads.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mead

MEAD

,
Noun.
[L. madeo, to be wet.] A fermented liquor consisting of honey and water, sometimes enriched with spices.

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