† prussn.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pruce adj.

Etymology: Variant of pruce adj. Compare spruce beer n.

Obsolete. rare.

A fermented drink made with an extract from the leaves, branches, or bark of the spruce fir; = spruce beer n.

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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > non-malted brews > [noun] > spruce beer

pruce beer1576

spruce beer1706

spruce1741

prussa1771

a1771 T. Jefferys W.-India Atlas (1775) 18/1 The Americans use them to produce a fermentation and give an agreeable taste to a drink called ‘Pruss’, which is nothing more than the infusion of the bark of a tree.

1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) V. 337 A liquor called Pruss, which is only an infusion of the bark of a tree.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	pruss
释义	† prussn. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pruce adj. Etymology: Variant of pruce adj. Compare spruce beer n. Obsolete. rare. A fermented drink made with an extract from the leaves, branches, or bark of the spruce fir; = spruce beer n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > non-malted brews > [noun] > spruce beer pruce beer1576 spruce beer1706 spruce1741 prussa1771 a1771 T. Jefferys W.-India Atlas (1775) 18/1 The Americans use them to produce a fermentation and give an agreeable taste to a drink called ‘Pruss’, which is nothing more than the infusion of the bark of a tree. 1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) V. 337 A liquor called Pruss, which is only an infusion of the bark of a tree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.a1771
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