Dictionary De - En
De - Es
De - Pt| English Dictionary: wort | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for wort | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| |
| 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. [94]rt, Goth. wa[a3]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[81]rze, bierw[81]rze, Icel. virtr, Sw. v[94]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. | |
