brewagen.
/ˈbruːɪdʒ/ 1.
a. A concocted beverage; a decoction; something that has been brewed, a brewing.
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the world > food and drink > drink > decoction > [noun]
decoction1398
brewage1542
decocture1727
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 301 The bruage of wyne and the iuice of hemlocke tempreed together was brought vnto hym.
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. viii. 166 Their drincke is a bruage..sometyme of Ryze, sometyme of Barlie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. v. 30 Ile no Pullet-Spersme in my brewage . View more context for this quotation
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 27 Malmsey, or some well spic't bruage.
1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 833 She..hated rum as the devil's own brewage.
1829 T. L. Peacock Misfortunes Elphin xii. 173 The Druids..made..a mystical brewage of carefully-selected ingredients.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 335 A rich brewage made of the best Spanish wine.
b. figurative.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture
hotchpotc1405
hodge-podgec1426
omnigatherum?a1430
mishmashc1475
peasemeala1525
omnium gatherum1530
mingle1548
hotchpotch1549
mingle-mangle1549
gallimaufry1551
rhapsody1574
sauce-medley1579
pell-mellc1586
linsey-woolsey1592
wilderness1594
brewage1599
motley1609
macaronic1611
medley1618
olla podridaa1635
farragoa1637
consarcination1640
porridge1642
olio1645
bisque1653
mélange1653
hash1660
jumble1661
farrage1698
capilotade1705
jargon1710
salmagundi1761
pasticcio1785
pea meal1789
ollapod1804
mixty-maxty1818
macédoine1820
ragbag1820
haggis1822
job lot1828
allsorts1831
conglomerate1837
pot-pourri1841
chow-chow1850
breccia1873
pastiche1873
macaroni1884
mixed bag1919
casserole1930
mixed bunch1958
rattle-bag1982
mulligan1993
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 22 Neuer since I spouted incke, was I of woorse aptitude to goe thorow with such a mighty March brewage.
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 269 Such a brewage of tempest.
1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 110 When her brewage—love—Was well a-fume about the novice-brain.
2. The process of brewing.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun]
yilingc1440
brewing1467
brewc1510
ale tunning1624
brewage1776
brewery1796
1776 J. Pringle Disc. Health Mariners 16 In the space of twenty-four hours their brewage is compleated.
1832 M. Scott in Blackwood's Mag. 31 902 A new brewage of punch took place.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxix. 387 To complete my latest root-beer brewage.
3. A boiling (e.g. of salt).
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > salt manufacture > [noun] > a boiling of salt
brewagec1550
bullion1610
c1550 J. Balfour Practicks 87 The hundreth salt browage contenand nine score bollis.
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