MEAD, a liquor prepared with honey and water. One of the best methods of preparing mead is as follows. Into twelve gallons of water put the albumen of six eggs, mixing these well together, and to the mixture adding twenty pounds of honey. Let the liquor boil an hour; and when boiled, add cinnamon, ginger, cloves, mace, and rosemary. As soon as it is cold, put a spoonful of yeast to it, and turn it up, keeping the vessel filled as it works; when it has done working, stop it up close; and, when fine, bottle it off for use. Mead is a liquor of very ancient use in Britain.