sweetwort

sweetwort
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
: an unfermented malt infusion

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/sweet"werrt', -wawrt'/, n. Brit.
an infusion of unfermented malt.
[1560-70; SWEET + WORT1]

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