3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wort \Wort\, n. [OE. wort, wurt, AS wyrt herb, root; akin to
OS wurt, G. wurz Icel. jurt, urt, Dan. urt, Sw ["o]rt,
Goth. wa['u]rts a root, L. radix, Gr ? a root, ? a branch,
young shoot, ? a branch, and E. root, n. Cf {Licorice},
{Orchard}, {Radish}, {Root}, n., {Whortleberry}, {Wort} an
infusion of malt.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of any kind
Note: This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in
colewort, figwort, St John's-wort, woundwort, etc
2. pl Cabbages.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wort \Wort\, n. [OE. worte, wurte, AS wyrte; akin to OD wort,
G. w["u]rze, bierw["u]rze, Icel. virtr, Sw v["o]rt. See
{Wort} an herb.]
An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of
fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and
forms beer; hence any similar liquid in a state of incipient
fermentation.
Note: Wort consists essentially of a dilute solution of
sugar, which by fermentation produces alcohol and
carbon dioxide.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
wort
n 1: usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort';
`whorlywort'
2: unfermented or fermenting malt
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