maraschino
(mærəˈskiːnəʊ)
Also 8 marischini, mareschini, 8–9 mareschino, marasquin, 9 maresquino.
[It. f. marasca: see prec. Cf. F. marasquin, whence some of the Eng. forms.]
a. A liqueur distilled from the marasca cherry.
| 1791–3 in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1799) I. 321 Hob-a-nobbed in some right marasquin. 1793 Europ. Mag. XXIII. 466 Such fine liqueurs with nectar may compare, From Marischini to the Vin Musca. 1796 M. Robinson Angelina I. 297 After they had drank their mareschino, Lady Selina ordered tea. 1797 Southey Lett. Resid. Spain 394 He..regularly after dinner drank a bottle of mareschini, and lived in peace with all men. 1818 Moore Fudge Fam. Paris (ed. 8) 88 Divine maresquino, which ― Lord, how one swallows! 1831 Society I. 104, I recommend this Mareschino. 1842 Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. ii. Blasphemer's Warn., Marasquin, Cura{cced}oa, Kirschen Wasser, Noyeau. 1875 J. Grant One of the 600 I. vii. 98 The mocha and maraschino. |
b. attrib., as maraschino jelly, maraschino punch. Also, maraschino cherry, a cherry preserved in real or imitation maraschino.
| 1820 Shelley Œdipus ii. ii. 31 Give me a glass of Maraschino punch. 1850 Thackeray Pendennis II. i. 6 Did you taste the plombière, ma'am, and the maraschino jelly? 1905 ‘O. Henry’ in N.Y. World Mag. 22 Jan. 2/1 The world seemed no larger than the seed of a Maraschino cherry in a table d'hote grapefruit. 1918–19 T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Fall & Winter 385/1 Luscious Whole Red Maraschino Cherries in a semi-liquid cream, coated with fine chocolate. 1961 [see crème 1 b]. 1964 J. Drummond Welcome, Proud Lady xxi. 96 Maraschino cherries, olives, sliced lemon, salted nuts were arranged in small crystal bowls. |