chian
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2CHIAN + NOUN
incen, wine, wines
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with
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adj
Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.
Tyrian garbs, / Neptunian Albion's high teſtaceous food [i.e., oysters], / And flavour'd Chian wines with incenſe fum'd / To ſlake Patrician thirſt: for theſe, their rights / In the vile ſtreets they proſtitute to ſale; / Their ancient rights, their dignities, their laws, / Their native glorious freedom.
More capacious bowls bring hither, boy, and the Chian wine or the Lesbian: or what might restrain this flowing qualm;
noun
A native or inhabitant of Chios.
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2Tyrian garbs, / Neptunian Albion's high teſtaceous food [i.e., oysters], / And flavour'd Chian wines with incenſe fum'd / To ſlake Patrician thirſt: for theſe, their rights / In the vile ſtreets they
WiktionaryMore capacious bowls bring hither, boy, and the Chian wine or the Lesbian: or what might restrain this flowing qualm;
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