Bual
(ˈbjuːəl)
[ad. Pg. boal.]
A variety of wine-making grape; the madeira made from this.
| 1882 [see sercial]. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 178/1 (Madeira) Other high-class wines, known as Bual, Sercial and Malmsey. 1927 J. B. Priestley Adam in Moonshine vii. 134 ‘Old Madeira... Bual, they call it.’ ‘What!’ cried the Baron... ‘An old Bual!’ |