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  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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