sweetwort
[ sweet-wurt, -wawrt ]
/ ˈswitˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /
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noun British.
an infusion of unfermented malt.
Nearby words
sweetmeat, sweetness and light, sweetsop, sweetveld, sweetwater, sweetwort, sweir, swelinck, swell, swell box, swell front
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Examples from the Web for sweetwort
Captain Cook prized it greatly and always supplied his men with a freshly-made infusion of malt called “sweetwort.”
Scurvy Past and Present|Alfred Fabian Hess