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Webster 1913 Edition
Wort
Wort
,Noun.
[OE. ,
wort
, wurt
, AS. wyrt
herb, root; akin to OS. wurt
, G. wurz
, Icel. jurt
, urt
, Dan. urt
, Sw. ört
, Goth. waúrts
a root, L. radix
, Gr. [GREEK] a root, [GREEK] a branch, young shoot, [GREEK] a branch, and E. root
, n. Cf. Licorice
, Orchard
, Radish
, Root
, Noun.
Whortleberry
, Wort
an infusion of malt.] 1.
(Bot.)
A plant of any kind.
☞ This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in colewort, figwort, St. John’s-wort, woundwort, etc.
2.
pl.
Cabbages.
Wort
,Noun.
[OE.
worte
, wurte
, AS. wyrte
; akin to OD. wort
, G. würze
, bierwürze
, Icel. virtr
, Sw. vört
. See Wort
an herb.] An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation.
☞ Wort consists essentially of a dilute solution of sugar, which by fermentation produces alcohol and carbon dioxide.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wort
WORT
,Noun.
1.
A plant; an herb; now used chiefly or wholly in compounds; as in mugwort, liverwort, spleenwort.2.
A plant of the cabbage kind.3.
New beer unfermented, or in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt.