单词 | to fret in |
释义 | > as lemmasto fret in b. transitive (causatively). Also, to fret in: see quot. 1872. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > [verb (transitive)] > ferment > secondary fermentation re-ferment1707 to fret in1742 1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) I. 66 Without fretting or causing it to burst the Cask for Want of Vent. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor's Story xxii, in Atlantic Monthly Nov. 625/2 Both were..old enough to have all their beliefs ‘fretted in’, as vintners say,—thoroughly worked up with their characters. 1872 R. V. Tuson Cooley's Cycl. Pract. Receipts (ed. 5) 1185/2 The technical terms ‘sweating in’ and ‘fretting in’ are applied to the partial production of a second fermentation, for the purpose of mellowing down the flavour of foreign ingredients (chiefly brandy), added to wine. < as lemmas |
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