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[wurt, wawrt] Pronunciation Key
[wurt, wawrt] Pronunciation Key –noun
| the unfermented or fermenting infusion of malt that after fermentation becomes beer or mash. |
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[wurt, wawrt] Pronunciation Key
[wurt, wawrt] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a plant, herb, or vegetable (now usually used only in combination): figwort. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE wyrt root, plant; c. OHG wurz, ON urt herb, Goth waurts root; akin to root1, ON rōt, L rādīx, Gk rhíza]
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| wort 1
(wûrt, wôrt) Pronunciation Key
n. A plant. Often used in combination: liverwort; milkwort. [Middle English, from Old English wyrt; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.] |
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| wort 2
(wûrt, wôrt) Pronunciation Key
n. An infusion of malt that is fermented to make beer. [Middle English, from Old English wyrt; see wrād- in Indo-European roots.] |
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"a plant," O.E. wyrt "root, herb," from P.Gmc. *wurtiz (cf. O.S. wurt, O.N., Dan. urt, O.H.G. wurz "plant, herb," Ger. Wurz, Goth. waurts, O.N. rot "root"), from PIE base *wrad- "twig, root" (see radish).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| wort | |
noun | |
| 1. | usually used in combination: 'liverwort'; 'milkwort'; 'whorlywort' |
| 2. | unfermented or fermenting malt |
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Wort\, n. [OE. wort, wurt, AS. wyrt herb, root; akin to OS. wurt, G. wurz, Icel. jurt, urt, Dan. urt, Sw. ["o]rt, Goth. wa['u]rts a root, L. radix, Gr. ? a root, ? a branch, young shoot, ? a branch, and E. root, n. Cf. Licorice, Orchard, Radish, Root, n., Whortleberry, Wort an infusion of malt.]1. (Bot.) 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. Cabbages.
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Wort\, n. [OE. worte, wurte, AS. wyrte; akin to OD. wort, G. w["u]rze, bierw["u]rze, Icel. virtr, Sw. v["o]rt. See Wort an herb.] 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.
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