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sweetwort
[ sweet-wurt, -wawrt ]
/ ˈswitˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /
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noun British.
an infusion of unfermented malt.
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How to use sweetwort in a sentence
Captain Cook prized it greatly and always supplied his men with a freshly-made infusion of malt called “sweetwort.”
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