Definition of Vineger
Vin"e*gar (?), n. [OE. vinegre, F.
vinaigre; vin wine (L. vinum) + aigre sour. See
Wine, and Eager, a.] 1.
A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained
by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial
oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like.
&fist; The characteristic sourness of vinegar is due to acetic acid, of
which it contains from three to five per cent. Wine vinegar contains also
tartaric acid, citric acid, etc.
2. Hence, anything sour; -- used also
metaphorically.
Here's the challenge: . . . I warrant there's vinegar
and pepper in't. Shak.
Aromatic vinegar, strong acetic acid highly
flavored with aromatic substances. -- Mother of
vinegar. See 4th Mother. -- Radical
vinegar, acetic acid. -- Thieves'
vinegar. See under Thief. -- Vinegar
eel (Zoöl.), a minute nematode worm (Leptodera
oxophila, or Anguillula acetiglutinis), commonly found in great
numbers in vinegar, sour paste, and other fermenting vegetable substances;
-- called also vinegar worm. -- Vinegar lamp
(Chem.), a fanciful name of an apparatus designed to oxidize
alcohol to acetic acid by means of platinum. -- Vinegar
plant. See 4th Mother. -- Vinegar
tree (Bot.), the stag-horn sumac (Rhus
typhina), whose acid berries have been used to intensify the sourness
of vinegar. -- Wood vinegar. See under
Wood.
Vin"e*gar, v. t. To convert into
vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp. [Obs.]
Hoping that he hath vinegared his senses
As he was bid. B. Jonson.
Vin"e*gar (?), n. [OE. vinegre, F.
vinaigre; vin wine (L. vinum) + aigre sour. See
Wine, and Eager, a.] 1.
A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained
by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial
oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like.
&fist; The characteristic sourness of vinegar is due to acetic acid, of
which it contains from three to five per cent. Wine vinegar contains also
tartaric acid, citric acid, etc.
2. Hence, anything sour; -- used also
metaphorically.
Here's the challenge: . . . I warrant there's vinegar
and pepper in't. Shak.
Aromatic vinegar, strong acetic acid highly
flavored with aromatic substances. -- Mother of
vinegar. See 4th Mother. -- Radical
vinegar, acetic acid. -- Thieves'
vinegar. See under Thief. -- Vinegar
eel (Zoöl.), a minute nematode worm (Leptodera
oxophila, or Anguillula acetiglutinis), commonly found in great
numbers in vinegar, sour paste, and other fermenting vegetable substances;
-- called also vinegar worm. -- Vinegar lamp
(Chem.), a fanciful name of an apparatus designed to oxidize
alcohol to acetic acid by means of platinum. -- Vinegar
plant. See 4th Mother. -- Vinegar
tree (Bot.), the stag-horn sumac (Rhus
typhina), whose acid berries have been used to intensify the sourness
of vinegar. -- Wood vinegar. See under
Wood.
Vin"e*gar, v. t. To convert into
vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp. [Obs.]
Hoping that he hath vinegared his senses
As he was bid. B. Jonson.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
VINEGAR. A name given to the person who with a whip
in his hand, and a hat held before his eye, keeps the
ring clear, at boxing-matches and cudgel-playing; also,
in cant terms, a cloak.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- A sour liquid formed by the fermentation of alcohol used as a condiment or preservative; a dilute solution of acetic acid
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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