Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of becoming acescent or moderately sour.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
acescent ; the process ofacetous fermentation; a moderate degree ofsourness . -Johnson
Etymologies
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Examples
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The hair is turned inwards, and the interior of the bag is thickly besmeared with asphaltum or mineral tar, which renders the vessel indeed perfectly sound, but imparts an abominable flavour to the wine, and even adds to its acescence.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 392, October 3, 1829 Various
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The most dangerous adulteration of wine is by some preparations of lead, which possess the property of stopping the progress of acescence of wine, and also of rendering white wines, when muddy, transparent.
A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons Exhibiting the Fraudulent Sophistications of Bread, Beer, Wine, Spiritous Liquors, Tea, Coffee, Cream, Confectionery, Vinegar, Mustard, Pepper, Cheese, Olive Oil, Pickles, and Other Articles Employed in Domestic Economy Friedrich Christian Accum 1803
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