sack
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sack2 gen. name for a class of white wines from Spain and the Canaries. XVI. orig. (
wyne)
seck — F.
vin sec dry wine (see
SEC); perh. orig. applied to dry wines of the sherry class, but later extended to others. The alt. of
seck to
sack is unexpl.
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