faints
or feints
[ feynts ]
/ feɪnts /
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noun (used with a plural verb)
the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
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Origin of faints
1735–45; noun use (in plural) of faint (adj.)
Words nearby faints
fainites, fáinne, faint, faintheart, fainthearted, faints, fainty, fair, fair and square, fair ball, Fairbanks
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British Dictionary definitions for faints
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