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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Baer.
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Examples
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In 1392 "iiiis pro ligacione septem librorum et Id pro cervisia in eisdem ligatoribus, VId erario pro labore suo circa eosdem libros, et IId Johanni Lokyer pro impositione eorundem librorum in descis."
Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911
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They have neither wine, cervisia, (a beverage composed of grain and herbs,) nor mead, but only intoxicating liquors.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World Jules Verne 1866
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"In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli."
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In the West it became, (Romaic, Xythum and cerevisia or cervisia, the humor ex hordeo, long before the days of King Gambrinus.
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