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wort 1  (wûrt, wôrt)
n.
A plant. Often used in combination: liverwort; milkwort.

[Middle English, from Old English wyrt; see wrd- in Indo-European roots.]

wort 2  (wûrt, wôrt)
n.
An infusion of malt that is fermented to make beer.

[Middle English, from Old English wyrt; see wrd- in Indo-European roots.]

wort [wɜːt]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (in combination) any of various unrelated plants, esp ones formerly used to cure diseases liverwort spleenwort
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) the sweet liquid obtained from the soaked mixture of warm water and ground malt, used to make a malt liquor
[Old English wyrt root, related to Old High German warz, Gothic waurts root]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wort - usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
2.wort - unfermented or fermenting malt
malt - a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling
Translations
wort
nBierwürze f


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They sent for some oil of John's wort, and Altisidora herself with her own fair hands bandaged all the wounded parts; and as she did so she said to him in a low voice.
“Upon my wort, toctor,” observed Major Hartmann, with a roguish roll of his little black eyes, but with every other feature of his face in a state of perfect rest, “put you have a very pretty pocket-book of tools tere, and your toctor-stuff glitters as if it was petter for ter eyes as for ter pelly.
The `effalunt' sat up, looking as much in earnest as any of them, and said soberly to me, "I gif you my wort it is so, if we make too large a noise you shall say Hush
 
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