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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Muscaldella, Muscatello, a. and n. [It. moscadello, moscatello, e.m.E. moscadelli (1605), muscatella (Pepys).] = Muscadel(l, Muscade. — 1553–4 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 283.
For xvj quarts wyne muscaldella 1632 Lithgow Trav. i. 15.
The … wine that is drunke in Rome is Albano, Muscatello, Sheranino
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