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WORT
wort
(noun) unfermented or fermenting malt
wort
(noun) usually used in combination: ‘liverwort’; ‘milkwort’; ‘whorlywort’
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
wort (plural worts)
(archaic) A plant; herb; vegetable.
Any of various plants or herbs, used in combination to refer to specific plants such as St. John's wort, or on its own as a generic term.
Etymology 2
Noun
wort (uncountable)
(brewing) Liquid extract from the ground malt and grain soaked in hot water, the mash, as one of the steps in making beer.
Anagrams
• ROTW, rowt, trow
Source: Wiktionary
Wort, n. Etym: [OE. wort, wurt, AS. wyrt herb, root; akin to OS. wurt, G. wurz, Icel. jurt, urt, Dan. urt, Sw. ört, Goth. waúrts a root, L. radix, Gr. root, n. Cf. Licorice, Orchard, Radish, Root, n., Whortleberry, Wort an infusion of malt.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of any kind.
Note: This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in colewort, figwort, St. John's-wort, woundwort, etc.
2. pl.
Definition: Cabbages.
Wort, n. Etym: [OE. worte, wurte, AS. wyrte; akin to OD. wort, G. würze, bierwürze, Icel. virtr, Sw. vört. See Wort an herb.]
Definition: An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation.
Note: Wort consists essentially of a dilute solution of sugar, which by fermentation produces alcohol and carbon dioxide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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