meath
/miːð/
meath is the obsolete form of mead.
Meaning of mead
Noun (1)
mead (usually uncountable, plural meads)
- An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.
- "Just come in," said Mrs. Churchill, "and take one glass of my mead." / "No—not even such a golden promise tempts me. I am afraid that Lord Marchmont will be at home before me—and he is not yet accustomed to be kept waiting."1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 47
- A drink composed of syrup of sarsaparilla or other flavouring extract, and water, and sometimes charged with carbon dioxide.
Noun (2)
mead (plural meads)
- A meadow.
- And then in haste her bow'r she leaves,
With Thestylis to bind the sheaves;
Or if the earlier season lead
To the tann'd haycock in the mead.1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
- And then in haste her bow'r she leaves,
Proper noun capitalized: Meath
Meath
Synonyms of meath
- County Meath
Origin of meath
Borrowed from Middle Irish Mide.
Words formed from meath
- County Meath
- County of Meath
- Meath County
- Royal Meath
Words that rhyme with meath
Questions about meath
- What does meath mean?
- Meath means a county of Ireland.
- What is meath the obsolete form of?
- Meath is the obsolete form of mead.
- What part of speech is meath?
- Meath is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce meath?
- Meath is pronounced /miːð/.
Words near meath in the dictionary
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