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▪ I. ferˈmenting, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. ferment; also attrib.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. ix. in Ashm. (1652) 173 Fermentyng in dyvers maners is don. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. (1858) 13 What a Fermenting-vat lies simmering and hid! 1846J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 415 Twenty gallons in each fermenting tub. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. xi. 37 My..study-lamp is now fixed under a barrel to..raise a fermenting temperature.
▪ II. fermenting, ppl. a.|fəˈmɛntɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That ferments; in senses of the verb.
1697Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 10 When with fermenting Juice the Vat o'erflows. 1705Addison Campaign 108 Their Courage dwells not in a troubl'd Flood Of mounting Spirits, and fermenting Blood. 1816J. Scott Vis. Paris Pref. (ed. 5) 4 The fermenting mischief burst forth. 1872H. W. Taunt Map of Thames 15 The bung flies upwards from the fermenting beer. |