a. [ad. L. vīnāl-is (rare), f. vīn-um wine, or directly f. vīn-um + -AL.]
† 1. Addicted to, fond of, wine. Obs.–1
1652. S. S., Weepers, 6. His Vinal and Venereous temper opened the little Wicket for the five other Deadly Sinnes.
2. Produced by, originating in, wine.
1658. R. White, trans. Digby’s Powd. Symp. (ed. 2), 110. The bodies … attract unto themselves … such as are of their nature…; as wine doth the vinall spirits.
a. 1700. Ken, Edmund, Poet. Wks. 1721, II. 313. Their vinal Steams evaporating, they Felt of their usual Vigour a Decay.
1894. Froude, Erasmus, xi. 210. She drank it [the wine] to the last drop…. Then she … tried to pitch him overboard. There is vinal energy for you.
