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Webster 1913 Edition


Brewing

Brew′ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.
2.
The quantity brewed at once.
A
brewing
of new beer, set by old beer.
Bacon.
3.
A mixing together.
I am not able to avouch anything for certainty, such a
brewing
and sophistication of them they make.
Holland.
4.
(Naut.)
A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated by thick, dark clouds.

Webster 1828 Edition


Brewing

BREW'ING

,
ppr.
Preparing malt liquor.
1.
In a state of mixing, forming or preparing; as, a storm is brewing.
2.
Contriving; preparing; as, a scheme is brewing.

BREW'ING

,
Noun.
The act or process of preparing liquors from malt and hops.
1.
The quantity brewed at once.
2.
Among seamen, a collection of black clouds portending a storm.

Definition 2024


brewing

brewing

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Verb

brewing

  1. present participle of brew

Noun

brewing (countable and uncountable, plural brewings)

  1. The production of alcoholic beverages, such as beer, by fermentation; the process of being brewed.
  2. The business or occupation of a brewer.
  3. The quantity of a brew made in a single batch.
    • 1824, Encyclopaedia Britannica
      The four last brewings, in which the quantity of yeast added was smaller than in the six first, took place during the month of May, when the heat is apt to make the fermentation run to excess.
  4. The forming of a storm or the gathering of clouds.
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