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VINTAGE.<br />
Trade, f^rii/aifr, the season of gathering grapes. 1876 W. C.<br />
BnvANT in St. Nicholas Mag. Dec. 101/2 The cider -making<br />
season in autumn was, at the time of which I am speaking,<br />
somewhat correspondent to the vintage in the wine countries<br />
of Euro)>c.<br />
3. cUtrib^t as vinia^-bal/, -iiay^ -dintur, -eve^<br />
feasty 'festival^ -god, -hofne (after harvest-home),<br />
-fftaMj etc<br />
1876* OuiDA ' IVtMterCity xiv, Forthe Palcstrina •vintage<br />
halls. 1857 Emekson Poems 51 'I'was the "vintage-day of<br />
flcid and wood. 183B Miss Pariwe River ^ Desert II. 31<br />
A •vintage-dinner, at which I have just assisted. i8a6<br />
Mas. Hemans Forest Sanctuary i. xliii. The hour, the<br />
scene,, .came floating o'er my mind—A golden •vintage.eve,<br />
a i8ao S. Roghrs Jacquel, Poems {1839) 24 Thro' Provence<br />
had ceased The vintageand the 'vintage- feasL 1846 Grote<br />
Greece ( 18691 I. 36 Even the spontaneous joy of the vintage-<br />
(east was conferred by the favour.. of Dionyscs. 1833<br />
PkiUlcg, Museum II. 297 The difficulty of assigning a<br />
•vintage festival to the month of February, ito? Encycl.<br />
Brit. vll. 247 The lesser Dioiiysia.. were held. .in the<br />
month of December. This was a vintage festival. 1873<br />
Symonds Gr^. /'oets ix. 276 The cultus of the *vintage-god<br />
[sc. DionysusJ. 1657 Thornley tr. Longus^ Dafiknis btan vintager doth crop from Methym vine. i6ix Cotgr.,<br />
yendengeur, a Vintager, or vine-reaper. 1706 Phillips (ed.<br />
Keriey), yinlager, a Vine-reaper, or Grape-gatherer. 1731<br />
Miller Gard. Did, s.v. Vitis, Because there are green<br />
Grapes that the Vintagers ought not to gather and mingle<br />
with the others. 1796 H. Hunter tr. St.'Pierre*s Stud.<br />
Nat.iijqai II. 454 The basket of the vintager, and the<br />
apron of the reaper. 1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. IV. 719<br />
'I he annual dances of the vinlai^ers, in which they smeared<br />
their faces with lees of wine. 1846 Landor Story 0/ San*<br />
lander Wk». II. 464 The officer was. .threatening both<br />
vintagers and mules for their intractability. 1887 Pater<br />
Imag. I'oriraits 167 The sharp sound of a IJell—death-bell,<br />
perhaps, or only a crazy summons to the vintagers.<br />
fig. iMo H. More Apocat. Ajioc. 147 They are the same<br />
that are pressed here by Christ's Vintagers or Grapepressert.<br />
1865 Mozlkv Mirac. \. iii. 207 An element of<br />
n-opbecy . . unfolding itself beneath the fostering care of the<br />
Divine vintager.<br />
b. tranf. Also aitrih.<br />
1607 ToPSELL Four'/. Beasts 6 A . . hill, abounding in these<br />
beasts [jr. monkeys], who are a great hinderance to the poore<br />
vinugers of the countrey of Calechut, for they will climbe<br />
into the high palm trees,.. breaking the vessels set to re.<br />
ceiue the Wine. 1899 T. U Peacock Mis/ort. Elphin 16<br />
From the flower cups of summer on field and on tree Our<br />
mead cups are filled by the vintager bee. 1871 I^well<br />
Study \iVind. 7 A dozen of these winged vintagers Uc<br />
rolnns] bustled out from among the leaves.<br />
2. A bright star in the constellation of Virgo.<br />
After \»vindemiator\ cf. Vinormiatrix.<br />
1588 Ashley Wagenat^s Mariners Mirr. Bj, Pra:uinde<<br />
miatrix. The Vintager. 1601 Holland Pliny J. 604 Eleven<br />
daies before the Calends of September,., the star named in<br />
218<br />
I^tiiic Vindemiator, /. the Vintager, beginneth to shew in<br />
the morning.<br />
Vi'utaging, vbL sb. [f. Vintage v^ The<br />
action or jirocess of gathering the grapes at the<br />
vintage.<br />
1830 H. N. Colkridge Grk. Poets (1834) 218 Then follow<br />
successive representationsof acityat peace,..of reaping, of<br />
sheaf-binding, of vintaging. 1870 Morris Earthly Par.<br />
III. 28a And timorous must he let the time go by For<br />
viniaging. 1890 O. Cra wfurd Round Calendar in Portugal<br />
198 i he maize-harvest. .comes just after the vintaging of<br />
the grapes.<br />
t Vintaine. Obs. rare. Also 5 vintayne.<br />
[.1. OF. vintaine, -eine, -ene, (also mod.F.) vinglaine<br />
(= Pr. and Pg. vintena, Sp. veintena), f.<br />
vingt twenty.] A company of twenty soldiers, etc.<br />
13.. Sir Beues (A.) 3367 Make we J>re vintaine, pat be<br />
gode and certaine ! pe ferste ich wile me self out lede.<br />
1:1400 Maundev. (Roxb.) XXV. 114 pai er wele arayd and<br />
ordaynd by thowsands, hundretlis and vintaynes.<br />
II Vintem<br />
(vintch). Forms: a. 6 vintiin<br />
(vinton), 7 ventin, vinteen, 8 vinten, 8-9<br />
viutin. ^. 8-9 vintain. 7. 8-9vintem. [Pg.<br />
vintcm, f. z^/w/f twenty.] In tlie coinage of Portugal<br />
and coimtries colonized from there : A small<br />
silver coin of the value of 20 reis, equivalent to<br />
about i\d. sterling; also, a copper coin of the<br />
same value.<br />
a. 1584 Barret in Hakluyt Voy. (1599) II. l a74» 5 vintons<br />
make a tanga, and 4 vintenas make a tanga of base money.<br />
1598 W. Phillip tr. Linschoten \. xxxv. 69/1 There is likewise<br />
a reckoning of I'intiins^ which is not likewise in coyiie,<br />
but onely named in telling: of the.se foure good, and fiue<br />
Ijadde doe make a Tan^as, 166a J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's<br />
Trav. II. (1669) 86 Eight of these Hasarucques make a<br />
Ventin. 1698 Fryer Acc. E. India i^ P. 207 The Tango,<br />
5 Vintcens. 1743 Hulkelev & Cummins Voy. S. Sens 206<br />
We had hitherto been suppli'd at the Rate of eight Vintins<br />
each Man per Day. 1775 Twiss Trav. Portug, i^ Sp. 22<br />
Exacting a vinten, or about three halfpence per head. 1805<br />
T. LiNDLEV ypy. Brazil 260 The ships. .sell the beef on<br />
board by retail, at two vintins a pound.<br />
3. 1718 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Coin, Portuguese Coins.. .The<br />
Vintain, whereof tlie'y have two sorts, -the one Silver, and<br />
the other Hillon. 1819 J. H. Vaux Mew. I. 218 They stop,<br />
and eni^ity their [water-J vessel, for which they receive a<br />
vintain.<br />
y. X736 Chandler llisf. Persec. 183 Dr. Geddes tells us<br />
of one. .who was allowed no more than three Viniems a<br />
day; a Vintem is about an English penny farthing. 1801<br />
Southkv in C. C. Soutliey Life (1849I '* '3^ ^''^ ferry<br />
price varies, .from one vintem to nine,—that is, from a penny<br />
to a shilling. 1839 Penny Cycl. XV. 326/2 At Rio de<br />
Janeiro, .there are vintenis of copper also current for 20<br />
rees. 1856 H. Owen <strong>Here</strong> ^ There in Portugal 122. I<br />
purchased.. for three vintents (a trifle more than threepence),<br />
a capital figure of a negro dandy.<br />
t Vintenary. Obs, rare. Also -are, [ad.<br />
med.L. vintendrius, f. vintenum twenty : cf. next.]<br />
A military officer in command of twenty men.<br />
c 1450 Contin. Brut 540 Sir John Ward, knyght, with x<br />
Centenaries, .and viij vyiitenaries. Ibid. 541 Sir Howell<br />
Griffith. .with..ij Cand iij vintenares, and iiij M'CC Walshmen.<br />
tVintener, Obs. rare. [ad. OF. vintenier<br />
{vingt-), f. vintene Vintaink.] = prec.<br />
c 1450 Contin. Bfut 541 The nombre of Jjc retenue..,that<br />
is to say, of erles, ..Constables, Centeners, capteyns, vynteners.<br />
Archers on horsbak [etc.]. 1533 [see next].<br />
t Vinteney. Obs. rare. \i. UF. vintene, vinteine<br />
Vintaine.] = Vintaine.<br />
1533 Chron. Calais (Camden) 156 One vintener with his<br />
hole vinteney shall kepe the stand watche. Ibid. 157 The<br />
saide vintener and constables, .shall not depart more than<br />
fy ve of the vinteney and iij of the constables at one tyme.<br />
t Vi'Hter. Obs, Forms : a. 3 viniter, 5<br />
vineter. ^. 5 vintere, vynter, 5 vinter. [a.<br />
AF. viniter, vineter, vyn-, vinter, OF. and early<br />
xtioe souJ?half of ))e toune &<br />
sut>pe J>e spicerie, Hii breke fram ende to ober & dude al to<br />
robberie. Vor Jjc nier was viniter, hii breke ^e viniterie.<br />
1428 E, E. iVills {iS^2) 77 lohnToker, Citezein and Vineter<br />
of London, c 1430 Lvdg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 192 I'he<br />
vintere tretethe of his holsom wynes, Of gentille frute<br />
bostethe the gardener, i486 Rcc. St. Mary at Hill (1905)<br />
10 lohn Walworth, late Ciiezein & vynter of london.<br />
Hence tVi*ntere«B, Vi-ntress, =ViNTNEREas.<br />
1681 RvcAUT tr. Gracian's Critick in The Nobles.. were<br />
served with Cups of Gold, which a pritty Nimph, the<br />
Vinteress of this Habylon, filled with much Courtesie. X7«7<br />
Bailky (vol. II), Vintress, a Woman Tavern-keeper.<br />
Vintiin, obs. form of Vintem.<br />
Vintir, obs. Sc. form of Winter.<br />
Vintner (vi-ntnaj). Forms: a. 5vyntenere,<br />
-tyner, 5-6 -tener, 6 tenar {Sc. ventonnar),<br />
6-7 vintener ; 6 vyntoner, 7 vintoner. 0. 5-6<br />
vyntner(e, 6- vintner (8 vinctner). [Alteration<br />
of Vinter.] One who deals in or sells wine ; a<br />
wine-merchant ; fan innkeeper selling wine.<br />
o. f 1430 LvDO. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 211 Masouns,<br />
carpenterys, of Vngelond and of Kraunce, Hakerys, browstcrys,<br />
vyntenerys, with fressh lycour. c 1440 Promp. Parri,<br />
510 Vynienere, vinarius. c 1470 Cath, Anel. 402/1 (Add.<br />
MS.), Vyntyner. 1526 Pilgr. Per/. (W. de W. 1531) 25<br />
Or as the vyntenar gyueth frely to his customers or byers<br />
a taste of his wyne. 1530 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec,<br />
VINY.<br />
Ox/ord (1880) gi Novyntoner sliuld set any wyne a broche.<br />
1587 HARKtsoN England it. vi. (1877) 1. 149 Such [wine] as<br />
was anie waies mingled or brued by the vintener. 1617<br />
MoRVsoN Itin. \\\. 156 J hey had not our Vinteners fraud<br />
to mixe their Wines. 1636 J. Tavlor (Water P.) Trav.<br />
Signes Zodiack A v b, All the worthy Company of Vintoners.<br />
1669-70 Marvell Corr. Wks. (Grosart) II. 301 One<br />
Mr. Wadlow, a vintener, . .was represented as notoriously<br />
faulty.<br />
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