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sweetwort

American  
[sweet-wurt, -wawrt] / ˈswitˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /

noun

British.

  1. an infusion of unfermented malt.

Etymology

Origin of sweetwort

First recorded in 1560–70; sweet + wort 1

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Or boil a pound of the fine raspings of guaiacum, with six gallons of sweetwort, till reduced to five; and when it is set to work, put in the above ingredients.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

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