verjuice

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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.

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  1. noun The acidic juice of crab apples or other sour fruit, such as unripe grapes.
  2. noun Sourness, as of disposition.

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  1. Middle English verjus, from Old French vertjus : verd, unripe; see verdant + jus, juice; see juice.

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  1. Formerly also verjuyce, verdjuice; from Middle English *verjus, verjous, vergeous, from Old French verjus, verjuice, juice of green fruits, from verd, green, + jus, juice: see verd and juice.
  2. from verjuice, n.
 

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