verjuice

• Couldst see by his cheek and eye that he is as bitter as verjuice. —  The White Company
• Centuries later, as David relates, the Persians and then the Ottoman Turks would ice the smooth drinks called sharbia, deliciously viscous decoctions of sugared rose, orange blossom, or jasmine, sometimes combined with an acid jolt of lemon or verjuice (the juice of unripe grapes). —  The Empress of Ice Cream
• The wild "Scrab," or Crab Apple, armed with thorns, grows in our fields and hedgerows, furnishing verjuice, which is rich in tannin, and a most useful application for old sprains. —  Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
• To have a fellow going about the farm as cross with every body as a bear with a sore head, with a temper as sour as verjuice and as sharp as a razor, looking as surly as a butcher's dog, is a great nuisance; and yet there may be some good points about the man, so that he may be a man for all that; but poor, soft Tommy, as green as grass and as ready to bend as a willow, is nobody's money and every body's scorn. —  Brave Men and Women
• "By my soul," said Sir Oliver, "you are as tart as verjuice this morning! —  The White Company

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