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vin⋅e⋅gar
[vin-i-ger] 
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–noun
| 1. | a sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like: used as a condiment, preservative, etc. |
| 2. | Pharmacology. a solution of a medicinal substance in dilute acetic acid, or vinegar. |
| 3. | sour or irritable speech, manner, or countenance: a note of vinegar in his voice. |
| 4. | Informal. vigor; high spirits; vim. |
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| vin·e·gar (vĭn'ĭ-gər) n.
[Middle English vinegre, from Old French vinaigre : vin, wine (from Latin vīnum) + aigre, sour (from Vulgar Latin *acrus, from Latin ācer; see ak- in Indo-European roots).] |
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Vinegar
Vin"e*gar\, n. [OE. vinegre, F. vinaigre; vin wine (L. vinum) + aigre sour. See Wine, and Eager, a.]1. A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like. Note: The characteristic sourness of vinegar is due to acetic acid, of which it contains from three to five per cent. Wine vinegar contains also tartaric acid, citric acid, etc. 2. Hence, anything sour; -- used also metaphorically. Here's the challenge: . . . I warrant there's vinegar and pepper in't. --Shak. Aromatic vinegar, strong acetic acid highly flavored with aromatic substances. Mother of vinegar. See 4th Mother. Radical vinegar, acetic acid. Thieves' vinegar. See under Thief. Vinegar eel (Zo["o]l.), a minute nematode worm (Leptodera oxophila, or Anguillula acetiglutinis), commonly found in great numbers in vinegar, sour paste, and other fermenting vegetable substances; -- called also vinegar worm. Vinegar lamp (Chem.), a fanciful name of an apparatus designed to oxidize alcohol to acetic acid by means of platinum. Vinegar plant. See 4th Mother. Vinegar tree (Bot.), the stag-horn sumac (Rhus typhina), whose acid berries have been used to intensify the sourness of vinegar. Wood vinegar. See under Wood.Vinegar
Vin"e*gar\, v. t. To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp. [Obs.] Hoping that he hath vinegared his senses As he was bid. --B. Jonson.
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Language Translation for : Vinegar
Spanish:
vinagre,
German:
der Essig,
Japanese:
酢
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: vin·e·gar
Pronunciation: 'vin-i-g&r
Function: noun
1 : a sour liquid used as a condiment or a preservative that isobtained by acetic fermentation of dilute alcoholic liquids (as fermented cider, malt beer, or wine) or of dilute distilled alcohol
2 : a pharmaceutical solution of the activeprinciples of drugs in dilute acetic acid usually prepared by maceration
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vinegar vin·e·gar (vĭn'ĭ-gər)
n.
An impure dilute solution of acetic acid obtained by fermentation beyond the alcohol stage and used as a preservative.
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Vinegar
Heb. hometz, Gr. oxos, Fr. vin aigre; i.e., "sour wine." The Hebrew word is rendered vinegar in Ps. 69:21, a prophecy fulfilled in the history of the crucifixion (Matt. 27:34). This was the common sour wine (posea) daily made use of by the Roman soldiers. They gave it to Christ, not in derision, but from compassion, to assuage his thirst. Prov. 10:26 shows that there was also a stronger vinegar, which was not fit for drinking. The comparison, "vinegar upon nitre," probably means "vinegar upon soda" (as in the marg. of the R.V.), which then effervesces.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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