hippocras
/hip-uh-kras/US // ˈhɪp əˌkræs //UK // (ˈhɪpəʊˌkræs) //
河马,海波克拉斯,河马派,河马座
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an old medicinal cordial made of wine mixed with spices.
Examples
Neither wine nor hippocras had befogged the stout heads of the Assyrians, nor loosened their canny tongues.
To these their Norman successors added clarr, garhiofilac, and hippocras.
The constant mention about this time of Hippocras (Ipocras, Ypocrasse) demands some notice.
Sack and hippocras are no longer to be found in our cellars; but, as we have shown, we still compound the wassail-bowl.
Then pour it into an Hippocras bag, and let it run through it two or three times, to be very clear.
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