feints

English

Noun

feints

  1. plural of feint

Noun

feints pl (plural only)

  1. (alcohol production) The strong spirit produced at the beginning of distillation (strong feints, also foreshot), and the weak spirit produced at the end (weak feints, also tailings or tail).[1]
    Alternative form: faints
    • 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:
      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, […] .

Verb

feints

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of feint

References

  1. ^ Andrew Ure (1840), “faints”, in A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines‎[1], second edition, London: Longman, Orme, Browne, Green, & Longmans, page 451

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