Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A concentrated unfermented infusion of malt. It is used in medicine in cases where it is desirable to further the nutrition.
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Examples
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"That's no crime," smiled the senior partner, reaching for the malt-extract bottle.
By Advice of Counsel Arthur Cheney Train 1910
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"But you could put what I know about bigamy in that malt-extract bottle."
By Advice of Counsel Arthur Cheney Train 1910
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(d) An investigation of barley-malt, malt-extract or wort, and finished beer showed the following: An increase of furfuroids in the process of malting, 100 pts. barley with 7.97 of 'pentosane' yielding 82 of malt with 11.18 p.ct. 'pentosane'; confirming the observations of
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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