Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A white variety of the European grape, with notably sweet juice. It is among those varieties which are most grown in hothouses.
- noun In sugar-manuf, exhaust-steam from the vacuum-pans which contains more or less entrained syrup.
- noun A manufacturers' name for the aqueous solution of glycerin which is a by-product of the lime saponification of fats in preparing the fatty acids for candle-making.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A variety of white grape, having a sweet watery juice; -- also called
white sweetwater , andwhite muscadine .
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- noun
Potable water. - noun Water treated to remove salts or noxious inclusions.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The site is in fledgling stages, so info and photos are lacking a bit, but I do think this site needs to branch out into sweetwater.
Talking Trash 2009
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The comments are as good a read as the article! by sweetwater station on Wednesday, Jan 7, 2009 at 8: 15: 29 PM
Breaking The Real "Last Taboo" - The Things No One Dares To Say 2009
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Just testing something ... by sweetwater station on Wednesday, Jan 7, 2009 at 8: 23: 25 PM
Breaking The Real "Last Taboo" - The Things No One Dares To Say 2009
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Yep by sweetwater station on Wednesday, Jan 7, 2009 at 8: 25: 51 PM
Breaking The Real "Last Taboo" - The Things No One Dares To Say 2009
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A Jesuit father who knew them well, Barthélemy Vimont, wrote that Nicollet was “delegated to a journey to the people called the Gens de Mer,” the People of the Sea who lived beyond the sweetwater sea.34
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Both places had protected harbors, defensible ground, sweetwater streams, abundant timber, fertile soil, and natural beauty.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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From out of the cottonwoods down by the river, a soft breeze blows that Western perfume of sweetwater and hay.
The Custer Syndrome 2008
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A Jesuit father who knew them well, Barthélemy Vimont, wrote that Nicollet was “delegated to a journey to the people called the Gens de Mer,” the People of the Sea who lived beyond the sweetwater sea.34
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Both places had protected harbors, defensible ground, sweetwater streams, abundant timber, fertile soil, and natural beauty.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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They moved into the shelter of the big trees and found a flat, grassy space near the center where a spring fountained into a sweetwater pond.
Vulcan’s Glory D. C. Fontana 1990
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