Obs. [ad. med.L. clarētum, f. OF. claré, claret, CLARY q.v.] = CLARY sb.1
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XIX. lviii. (1495), 896. Claret is made of wyne and of hony and swete spycery [Lat. Claretum ex vino et melle et speciebus aromaticis confectum].
c. 1425. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 658. Hoc claretum, a clarett.
c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 79. Claret, wyne [clarey K. clarry P.], claretum.
1559. Morwyng, Evonym., 393. Ginger ij drams, Cinnamon half an unce, Cloves a dram, whyt wyne iij measures, that is xij pound, an unce of hony, whyte sugar half a pound; make claret thereof according to art.
