DUNDER

Etymology 1

Noun

dunder (uncountable)

(Caribbean, West Indies) The lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of rum.

(Australia) distillery effluent, synonymous with the terms stillage, sour mash, vinasse or vinhaca used in other countries.

Etymology 2

Noun

dunder (plural dunders)

(programming, informal) A double underscore.

Anagrams

• Durden, durned, rudden

Source: Wiktionary


Dun"der, n. Etym: [Cf. Sp. redundar to overflow.]

Definition: The lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of rum. [West Indies] The use of dunder in the making of rum answers the purpose of yeast in the fermentation of flour. B. Edwards.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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