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Meaning of BLACKSTRAP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Black"strap`\ (-str[a^]p), n.
1. A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
         No blackstrap to-night; switchel, or ginger pop.
                                               --Judd.
2. Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so
   called by sailors.
 
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