talible

[Lat. alibilis, from alo = to nourish.) That may be nourished. (Johnson.) *ăl'-ì-cănt, * al-i-cănt, * al-i-găunt, * al-li-gănt, 8. [Named from Alicante, a province and fortified city in Spain.] A kind of wine said to be made near Alicant from mulberries. ( Nares.) [ALLEGANT.] "You'll blood three pottles of alicant, by this light, if you follow them."-0. PL, iil, 252 as the emperor had commanded, the wine (as farre as my judgement gave leave) being all i gant." -Sir Thomas Smith: Koyage to Ru ia (1605).