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brewing, vbl. n.|ˈbruːɪŋ|
[f. brew v. + -ing1.]
1. a. The action, process, or occupation described under brew (various senses).
1467Bury Wills (1850) 46, I will that the seid Denys haue here esement in the bakhows in lawfull tyme for bruynge. 1562J. Heywood Prov. & Epigr. (1867) 179 Great brewyng, small drinke. 1663Gerbier Counsel 5 Nor is a Laboratorium..fit either for Baking or Brewing. 1777Macbride in Phil. Trans. LXVIII. 122 You will have a second brewing of lime-water. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 585 Sir John Friend..had made a very large fortune by brewing.
b. fig. Concoction, preparation.
1545Joye Exp. Dan. xi. (R.) The miserable mutacions of kingdoms nowe..in brewing. 1601Holland Pliny xiv. vi. (R.) Such a brewing and sophistication of them they make. 1673[R. Leigh] Transpr. Reh. 39 This is a Plot..this has been a brewing any time this Thirty years. 1854Alford in Life (1873) 237, I have an Edinburgh article in brewing.
2. The quantity of liquor brewed at once.
1626Bacon Sylva (J.) A brewing of new beer, set by old beer, maketh it work again. 1753Scots Mag. Aug. 393/2 Distilling the second draught of a brewing of aqua-vitæ.
3. Naut. A collection of black clouds betokening a storm.
4. attrib. and Comb., † brewing-lead, a vessel for brewing in; brewing-up, (a) gradual formation or production; (b) (see quot. 1961).
1885Civilian 3 Jan. 130/1 An Act..to make it compulsory that every collection of worts be entered in the *brewing-book within one hour.
1551–60Inv. in H. Hall Soc. Elizab. Age (1886) 152 In the Brewhouse A *Brewing Copper.
1702Lond. Gaz. No. 3855/4 Utensils proper..for a *Brewing house.
1444Test. Ebor. II. 100 Lego..i. *brewinglede. 1504Bury Wills (1850) 101, I wull that they shall haue all brewyng ledys.
1694Lond. Gaz. No. 2991/4 The Greyhound in Ipswich..with a convenient *Brewing Office.
1838Dickens O. Twist (1850) 110/1 A scullery, or small *brewing-place, at the end of the passage.
1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xvii, We shall then have the loan of his cider-press and *brewing-tubs for nothing.
1953R. Lehmann Echoing Grove 103 She began to speak..of the first signs..of the *brewing-up of Corrigan's psychological collapse. 1961Times 7 Nov. 19/1 In Britain a thriving business has grown up in tuning and modifying the engines of existing models [of cars] to give more performance... Referred to by enthusiasts as ‘brewing up’,..or merely ‘hotting up’.
1863Times 6 Mar., Another rickety booth holds the *brewing utensils.
1462Test. Ebor. II. 256 A cesterne, the ledes, with other *brewing-vessell. |