ciderkin
ciderkin noun: a weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water; considered a drink for commoners, and traditionally often given to children.
Noun
ciderkin (uncountable)
- A weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water; considered a drink for commoners, and traditionally often given to children.
- Cyderkin […] is made for the common drinking of servants, […]supplying the place of Small-beer.1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC
ciderkin meaning in Tamil
ciderkin in Tamil
- அரத்திக்கள்
Origin of ciderkin
From cider + -kin; A Dictionary of the English Language calls it a "low word". Johnson then specifies in his time that it was brewed from "murk or gross matter of apples, after the cider is pressed out... [with] boiled water added to it; the whole infusing for about forty-eight hours."
Questions about ciderkin
- What does ciderkin mean?
- Ciderkin means a weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water; considered a drink for commoners, and traditionally often given to children.
- What is ciderkin in Tamil?
- Ciderkin in Tamil is அரத்திக்கள். See Ciderkin meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ciderkin?
- Ciderkin is a noun.
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