Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the wines produced along the river Moselle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A light wine, usually white, produced in the vicinity of the river Moselle.
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- proper noun A
river flowing from France into the Rhine - proper noun One of the
départements ofLorraine ,France - noun A light
white wine , made fromRiesling grapes originating in the valley of this river
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- noun German white wine from the Moselle valley or a similar wine made elsewhere
Etymologies
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Examples
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His sparkling Johannisberger and high-class sparkling moselle from Rheingau and Moselle wines of superior vintages are of delicate flavour and great softness, and are frequently shipped without any liqueur whatever.
Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines Henry Vizetelly 1857
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Bus Firm Takes Car Sharers To Court - A group of French cleaning ladies organised a car-sharing scheme to get to work (they live in Moselle and work five days a week at EU offices in Luxembourg).
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back celticcross13 2005
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Cues on the Moselle was his birthplace, and gave him his name Cusanus.
The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London 1901
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The valley of the Moselle is a very rich and fertile one, and in proportion to its extent is almost as valuable as that of the Rhine.
Rollo on the Rhine Jacob Abbott 1841
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The narrative of the loss of the Moselle is the last which I shall give to the reader.
Diary in America, Series Two Frederick Marryat 1820
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The name of the Moselle, which is not specified by Ammianus, is clearly understood by Mascou,
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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Moselle which is full of graceful details (X, 10).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Captain Fowle (who met a melancholy fate many years afterwards, while a Lieutenant-Colonel on board the steamer "Moselle" on the Ohio) had been relieved, as commanding officer of the post, at the same time, and embarked on board the same vessel with his family.
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851
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Captain Fowle (who met a melancholy fate many years afterwards, while a Lieutenant-Colonel on board the steamer "Moselle" on the Ohio) had been relieved, as commanding officer of the post, at the same time, and embarked on board the same vessel with his family.
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828
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"The Moselle was a new boat, intended to ply regularly between
Diary in America, Series Two Frederick Marryat 1820
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