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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