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A bottle or vessel; esp., aviai or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster. Swift.

render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity. Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar. Evelyn.

belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus.

Vinegar; verjuice. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

Acetous, or Acetic, fermentation, a form of oxidation in which alcohol is converted into vinegar or acetic acid by the agency of a specific fungus or ferment (Mycoderma aceti). The process involves two distinct reactions, in which the oxygen of the air is essential. An intermediate product, aldehyde, is formed in the…

An apparatus for diffusing a solution, as brine or vinegar, over a large surface, for exposure to the air.

Fermented wort used for making vinegar. Gyle tan (Brewing), a large vat in which wort ferments.

ssentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar.

n fro the purpose of drying or maturing, as fruits, drugs, etc., or of rendering acid, as vinegar.

of; to furnish the material for; as, he will make a good musician; sweet cider makes sour vinegar; wool makes warm clothing. And old cloak makes a new jerkin. Shak.

To salt or pickle, as fish, and then preserve in oil or vinegar; to prepare by the use of marinade.

w yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce.

A sauce of vinegar and sugar flavored with spearmint leaves.

. [Obs.] Chaucer. Quicksilver is mortified with turpentine. Bacon. He mortified pearls in vinegar. Hakewill.

ilm or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation.

Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar).

nisms of which the acetic ferment (Mycoderma aceti), which converts alcoholic fluids into vinegar, is a representative. Cf. Mother.

A Mixture of water and vinegar. Wiseman.

A mixture of honey, water, vinegar, and spice, boiled to a sirup. Sir T. Elyot.

A mixture of two parts of the oil of roses with one of the vinegar of roses. Floyer.