Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of exposing to fumes of burning sulphur or of sulphuric acid.
- noun The process of converting a part of the oxygen of the air in a wine-cask into sulphurous acid, by introducing, just before the wine is racked into the cask, a burning rag impregnated with sulphur. It serves to hinder acetous fermentation.
- noun The act or process of applying flowers of sulphur, as to vines or roses to combat or prevent mildew.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of sulphur.
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- verb Present participle of
sulphur . - verb Alternative spelling of
sulfuring .
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Examples
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TAFF (who, asbestas can, wiz the healps of gosh and his bluzzid maikar, has been sulphuring to himsalves all the pungataries of sin praktice in failing to furrow theogonies of the dommed).
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Apparently, sulphuring helps retain Vitamin C and A (although it destroys the 5 Vitamins).
Chapter 6 1984
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The sulphuring process is popular because it acts as a preservative and it is profitable because it allows the fruit to retain more water without spoiling than would be possible otherwise.
Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency R. L. Alsaker
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The operation of sulphuring should be repeated every six weeks.
The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines George Husmann
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Men may talk about sulphuring, and dusting their vines with sulphur through bellows; but I would rather have vines which will bear a good crop without these windy appliances.
The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines George Husmann
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After the sulphuring the goods are simply rinsed in water and dried.
The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics Franklin Beech
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Avoid sulphuring too much, as it will give a bad flavor to the wine if done to excess.
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The casks for Angelica wine have to be prepared with great care by sulphuring.
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This checks the fermentation; yet the French writers assure us that the effect of much sulphuring must necessarily render such liquors unwholesome.
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The sulphuring of the original casks having had the effect of slightly checking the fermentation and retaining a certain amount of saccharine in the wine, it is only on exceptional occasions that the latter is artificially sweetened previous to being bottled.
Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines Henry Vizetelly 1857
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