Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Wort prepared by the infusion of malt with water, intended to be converted into beer.
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Examples
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The germs of our yeast-plant are also in the air; but so sparingly distributed that an infusion like beer-wort, exposed to the air, is almost sure to be taken possession of by foreign organisms.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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Nor is it necessary to impregnate the beer-wort with yeast to provoke fermentation.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856
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