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low wine

low wine noun: a liquor containing about 20 percent alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still.

Noun

low wine (countable and uncountable, plural low wines)

  1. (in plural, often) A liquor containing about 20 percent alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still.
    • A low-wines still's distilling power cannot be ascertained by the actual bulk of the distillates in strong and weak feints and spirits obtained in a given time, […].1893, John Albert Nettleton, The Manufacture of Spirit: As Conducted at the Various Distilleries of the United Kingdom, London: Marcus Ward & Co., Limited, page 125
    • In distillation of Irish whiskey the low wine fraction is split into two, a weak low wine and a strong low wine.1987, Vidar F. Larsen, “Alcohol recovery”, in David R. Berry, I. Russell, G.C. Stewart, editors, Yeast Biotechnology, Allen & Unwin, →ISBN, page 507

Forms of low wine

plurallow wines
alternative formlow-wine

Questions about low wine

What does low wine mean?
Low wine means a liquor containing about 20 percent alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still.
What part of speech is low wine?
Low wine is a noun.
What is the plural of low wine?
The plural of low wine is low wines.

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