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ciderkin|ˈsaɪdəkɪn| [f. cider + -kin, dim. suffix.] An inferior liquor made by watering and subjecting to a second pressure the pulp left after expressing the juice for cider; also called water-cider.
[1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 89 b, Of Apples..they make a drinke called Cider, and a smallie drinke beside with water and the refuse of the Apples strained: a good drinke to coole the thirst of the poore labourer.] 1676Worlidge Cyder (1691) 113 Use your Pulp afterwards for the making of Water-Cider, usually called Purre or Ciderkin. 1843Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. IV. ii. 402 The dry pommey, or pulp, is thrown into water where it is allowed to macerate; and..again pressed, and affords..ciderkin, or water-cider. |