quass

Definitions

noun A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the Russians. Called also kvass.

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But first of all, there was to be a meeting of the chiefs with Niblack, and a drowning of all enmities in quass.

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But first of all, there was to be a meeting of the chiefs with Niblack, and a drowning of all enmities in quass.

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He had kind speech for the many tribes, noted the greatness of Niblack to give such a feast, counselled for peace as was his custom, and at the end said that the quass was very good.

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In the middle was the barrel of quass, and by it a slave to serve the drink.

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This quass-feast was for the chiefs, and the chiefs only, and there was

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Then he gave a sign, and the slave dipped a gourd full of quass and passed it to Ligoun, as was fit, for his was the highest rank.

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To not say that the quass was good were insult; to spit forth upon the ground were worse than insult.

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And each spoke friendly words and said that the quass was good, till all had drunk.

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Russians it was who showed us the way of making quass, for so my father told me, — my father, who got it from his father before him.

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But to this quass had Niblack added many things, such as sugar, flour, dried apples, and hops, so that it was a man's drink, strong and good.

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