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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brewing \Brew"ing\, n. 1. The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale. 2. The quantity brewed at once. A brewing of new beer, set by old beer. --Bacon. 3. A mixing together. I am not able to avouch anything for certainty, such a brewing and sophistication of them they make --Holland. 4. (Naut.) A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated by thick, dark clouds. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brew \Brew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brewed}; p. pr & vb n. {Brewing}.] [OE. brewen, AS bre['o]wan; akin to D. brouwen OHG. priuwan MHG. briuwen br?wen, G. brauen, Icel. brugga Sw brygga Dan. brygge, and perh. to L. defrutum must boiled down Gr ? (for ??) a kind of beer. The original meaning seems to have been to prepare by heat. [root]93. Cf {Broth}, {Bread}.] 1. To boil or seethe; to cook. [Obs.] 2. To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation. ``She brews good ale.'' --Shak. 3. To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct. Go brew me a pottle of sack finely. --Shak. 4. To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as to brew mischief. Hence with thy brewed enchantments, foul deceiver! --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: brewing n : the production of malt beverages (as beer or ale) from malt and hops by grinding and boiling them and fermenting the result with yeast
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