| 单词 | wort-cake |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswort-cake wort-cake n. (a) a cake of boiled-down wort used to make beer and spirits at sea (now historical and rare); (b) a Norwegian cake made with wort and traditionally eaten at Christmas. ΚΠ 1795 J. Dalrymple Let. to Admiralty 3 My Yeast-powder..to set the first parcel of Wort-cakes in fermentation. 1894 S. C. Eastman tr. J. Lie in Granite Monthly Oct. 278/1 Great-Ola was now sitting there making himself comfortable with his supper, Christmas cheer and entertainment,—butter, bread, bacon, wort-cakes, and salt meat. 1959 P. Mathias Brewing Industry in Eng. 1700–1830 vi. 209 One or two other ventures with wort-cake, hop-essence and yeast-powder were tried in pursuit of the elusive reward which the ‘inspissated juice’ so nearly won. 1970 H. Munch & P. A. Munch tr. C. Munch in Strange Amer. Way 83 I have brewed beer for him, and I shall bake a wort-cake of the genuine kind. < as lemmas |
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