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Balthazar|bælˈθæzə(r), ˈbælθəˌzɑː(r)|
Also Balthasar, Belshazzar.
[So called in allusion to Balthazar (Belshazzar), ‘king of Babylon’, who ‘made a great feast..and drank wine before the thousand’ (Daniel v. 1).]
A very large wine-bottle (see quots.).
1935A. L. Simon Dict. Wine 22 Balthasar, a fancy name for a fancy bottle to hold some 16 ordinary bottles, or 12·80 litres, equal to about 2·75 gallons. 1959Gloss. Packaging Terms (B.S.I.) 28 Belshazzar, a wine bottle—capacity 16 reputed quarts. 1962Times 25 May 13/4 Methuselah.., Salmanasar, Balthasar, Nebuchadnezzar—‘usually applied respectively to eight, twelve, sixteen, and twenty bottle containers’. |
