brewage
Americannoun
noun
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a product of brewing; brew
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the process of brewing
Etymology
Origin of brewage
Example Sentences
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Mr. Glowry, who took the Madeira to be some deadly brewage, gave his promise in dismal panic.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
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 James Joyce
This wretched brewage of hot water, bad brandy, and lemon acid?
From The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels by Connop Thirlwall
The varlet took the maiden in his arms, but first he gave her the flask with the precious brewage to carry, since for pride he might not endure to drink therefrom, save at utmost peril.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
Mr Glowry, who took the Madeira to be some deadly brewage, gave the required promise in dismal panic.
From Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock
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