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brewage

American  
[broo-ij] / ˈbru ɪdʒ /

noun

  1. a fermented liquor brewed from malt.


brewage British  
/ ˈbruːɪdʒ /

noun

  1. a product of brewing; brew

  2. the process of brewing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of brewage

1535–45; brew + -age; modeled on beverage

Example Sentences

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But, I must beg you, of the oldest brewage; The years a double strength produce.

From Faust by Taylor, Bayard

My brother-in-law, who manufactured it, deserves for such vapid cookery to be named before you without reserve, as the maltmaster of this washy brewage.

From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul

She kneeled hastily at his side, and put the enchanted brewage to his lips, but he could neither drink nor speak, for he was dead, as I have told you.

From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de

And they teach the serpents there to entwine themselves up on long sticks out of the ground and of the scales of these serpents they brew out a brewage like to mead.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

The "milk," as he termed it, was a strong brewage of Spanish wine, singularly luxurious and palatable.

From The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

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