Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first portion of liquid that comes over in the distillation of low wines. It is a milky liquid abounding in fuseloil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In distillation of low wines, the first portion of spirit that comes over, being a fluid abounding in fusel oil.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
spirits that first come over when analcoholic liquid isdistilled
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• • The foreshot: Viner, who hopes the book becomes a classroom text, tells Sneed: "the book is not a question of his guilt or innocence, but not being treated fairly.
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