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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F. See

a vat.]

A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.

A vat or cistern. See 1st

or BACK, n.

In navigation, a ferry-boat or praam.

In brewing, a large flat tub, or vessel, in which wort is cooled before boiling; hence called a cooler.

In distilleries, a vessel into which the liquor to be fermented is pumped, from the cooler, in order to be worked with the yeast.

See also: bac, BAC, bác, Bác, bắc, Bắc, -bac-, and Appendix:Variations of "bac"

bạc ‎(白, 鉑, 泊, 萡, 薄, 礴)

bạc ‎(白, 鉑, 泊, 萡, 薄, 礴)

made of silver
silvery
(of hair) gray/grey
Tóc thầy bạc trắng như mây
The teacher's hair is "white" (gray) like a cloud
(of fate or life) miserable; ill