| 单词 | sinking jar |
| 释义 | > as lemmassinking jar sinking jar n. now rare a container used to determine the specific gravity of wort and wash during the brewing and distilling processes, consisting of a tin container weighed down with lead which is allowed to sink to a particular depth and then unsealed by means of a cord attached to a cork.Sinking jars were typically used by excise officers to determine how much excise should be charged on a particular batch of spirits. ΚΠ 1831 Rep. Select Comm. Use of Molasses 189 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 297) VII. 109 The officer draws his sample with a sinking jar, and it is probably six inches high. 1837 Penny Cycl. IX. 24/2 After due agitation of the wash three samples should be taken by the dipping cylinder, or sinking-jar. 1973 E. B. McGuire Irish Whiskey vii. 237 They were directed to use sinking jars. This is a corked can lowered to the bottom and the cork is then jerked out by a string. < as lemmas |
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