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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A kind of wine said to have been made near Alicante in Spain. countable, obsolete, uncountable

   "he used nothing but butter'd beer, coloured with Alligant, for all kinds of maladies"

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Obsolete form of Alicante: a city and province of Valencia, Spain. alt-of, obsolete

Example

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"he used nothing but butter'd beer, coloured with Alligant, for all kinds of maladies"

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