| Front | Vernage, |
|---|---|
| Back | sb. an Italian white wine, Prompt., CM, HD._AF. vernage; It. vernaccia, 'a kind of winter wine in Italy very strong like Malmezy,' so Florio, cp. Dante, Purg. 24, 24; from It. vernaccio, a severe winter, from verno, winter; Lat. hibernum, belonging to winter. Cp. Low Lat. vernachia (Ducange). |
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