Also 8 fenouillet(e. [a. F. fenouillette, f. fenouil FENNEL.] Fennel water.
1706. Lond. Gaz., No. 4280/4. French Wines, most Clarets, Prunes, Brandy, and Fenouillete.
1715. Dr. Swift’s Real Diary, 5 (D.). He ’s a silly fellow. Went home to take some fenouillet I was so sick of him.
1740. J. S., Le Dran’s Observ. Surg., 296. I received a little of it upon a Piece of Linen, and smelling it, found a Scent of Fenouillette; and inquiring of those who accompanied him, whether he had drank any spirituous Liquor, they answered that he had, after eating a very hearty Supper.
