mulse

English

Etymology

Latin mulsum (vinum), from mulsus (mixed with honey, honey-sweet), past participle of mulcere (sweeten, soften).

Noun

mulse (uncountable)

  1. (historical or archaic) Wine or water boiled and mixed with honey.
    • 1906, Charles Montagu Doughty, The Dawn in Britain, page 135:
      Rome's herdfolk, [] Leaned on their elbows; drinking mulse and milk, In yewen cups, []

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Participle

mulse

  1. vocative masculine singular of mulsus