charneco

English

Alternative forms

• charnico

Noun

charneco (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A sort of sweet wine, apparently from Portugal.
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     And here, neighbour, here's a cup of charneco.

References

• “charneco”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Cochrane, encroach