Now he has to clarify the wine of I know not how many casks; now he has to decant more wine still; now it is necessary to hoe around the vines; now to plow the olive-groves and dig around the roots of the olives; in fine, he keeps me here against my wishes-though I should not say "against my wishes," for it gives me great pleasure to be with my father, who is so good to me.
"Pepita Ximenez"
Juan Valera
"Then bring one with the cork out, and never mind a glass; and don't stop to decant it, old chap, for I want a drink horrid bad.
"Blind Policy"
George Manville Fenn
Cover it, and leave for forty-eight hours; then decant into bottles, being careful to leave all sediment behind.
"What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes"
Dorothy Canfield Fisher