brewingn.
/ˈbruːɪŋ/ 1.
a. The action, process, or occupation described under brew v. (various senses).
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun]
yilingc1440
brewing1467
brewc1510
ale tunning1624
brewage1776
brewery1796
1467 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 46 I will that the seid Denys haue here esement in the bakhows in lawfull tyme for bruynge.
1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams x. sig. Avv Great brewyng, small drynke.
1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 5 Nor is a Laboratorium..fit either for Baking or Brewing.
1779 Philos. Trans. 1778 68 122 You will have a second brewing of lime-water.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 585 Sir John Friend..had made a very large fortune by brewing.
b. figurative. Concoction, preparation.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > state of being in preparation
brewing1545
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (xi.) f. 179v The miserable mutacions of kingdoms nowe..in brewing.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiv. vi. 414 Such a brewing and sophistication of them they make.
1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 39 This is a Plot..this has been a brewing any time this Thirty years.
1854 H. Alford Let. 15 Oct. in Life, Jrnls. & Lett. (1873) vii. 237 I have an Edinburgh article in brewing.
2. The quantity of liquor brewed at once.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > a brewing
bruthenOE
browst1511
gyle1594
brewing1626
brewst1854
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §314 A Brewing of New Beere, set by Old Beere, maketh it worke againe.
1753 Scots Mag. Aug. 393/2 Distilling the second draught of a brewing of aqua-vitæ.
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3. Nautical. A collection of black clouds betokening a storm.
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attributive and in other combinations,† brewing copper n. Obsolete† brewing-lead n. Obsolete a vessel for brewing in.
brewing book n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > record book
brewing book1885
1885 Civilian 3 Jan. 130/1 An Act..to make it compulsory that every collection of worts be entered in the brewing-book within one hour.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > vat or vessel for brewing or fermenting
ale fateOE
sesterc1000
bruthen-leadc1275
kimnel1335
tine1337
gyle-fat1341
yeast-fat1367
brew-lead1369
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gyle-tunc1425
brewing-lead1444
brewing vessel1462
work lead1471
lead1504
brewing copper1551
gyle-tub1568
kier1573
batch1697
ale vat1701
working tun1703
tun1713
brewing tub1766
flat1791
round1806
beck1828
gyle1836
tun-tub1842
stone-square1882
1551–60 Inventory in H. Hall Society in Elizabethan Age (1886) 152 In the Brewhouse A Brewing Copper.
brewing house n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > brewery
brewhouse1373
brewernc1450
brewery1648
brewing office1694
brewing house1702
microbrewer1983
1702 London Gaz. No. 3855/4 Utensils proper..for a Brewing house.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > vat or vessel for brewing or fermenting
ale fateOE
sesterc1000
bruthen-leadc1275
kimnel1335
tine1337
gyle-fat1341
yeast-fat1367
brew-lead1369
coomb?a1400
gyle-tunc1425
brewing-lead1444
brewing vessel1462
work lead1471
lead1504
brewing copper1551
gyle-tub1568
kier1573
batch1697
ale vat1701
working tun1703
tun1713
brewing tub1766
flat1791
round1806
beck1828
gyle1836
tun-tub1842
stone-square1882
1444 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 100 Lego..i. brewinglede.
1504 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 101 I wull that they shall haue all brewyng ledys.
brewing office n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > brewery
brewhouse1373
brewernc1450
brewery1648
brewing office1694
brewing house1702
microbrewer1983
1694 London Gaz. No. 2991/4 The Greyhound in Ipswich..with a convenient Brewing Office.
brewing place n.
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1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist II. xxii. 43 A scullery or small brewing-place at the end of the passage.
brewing tub n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > vat or vessel for brewing or fermenting
ale fateOE
sesterc1000
bruthen-leadc1275
kimnel1335
tine1337
gyle-fat1341
yeast-fat1367
brew-lead1369
coomb?a1400
gyle-tunc1425
brewing-lead1444
brewing vessel1462
work lead1471
lead1504
brewing copper1551
gyle-tub1568
kier1573
batch1697
ale vat1701
working tun1703
tun1713
brewing tub1766
flat1791
round1806
beck1828
gyle1836
tun-tub1842
stone-square1882
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xvii. 173 We shall then have the loan of his cyder-press and brewing tubs for nothing.
brewing-up n. (a) gradual formation or production; (b) (see quot. 1961).
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > fashioning, shaping, or forming > gradual formation
brewing-up1953
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > [noun] > modifying to increase power or efficiency
brewing-up1953
souping1960
tune1971
1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove 103 She began to speak..of the first signs..of the brewing-up of Corrigan's psychological collapse.
1961 Times 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’.
brewing utensil n.
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1863 Times 6 Mar. Another rickety booth holds the brewing utensils.
brewing vessel n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [noun] > vat or vessel for brewing or fermenting
ale fateOE
sesterc1000
bruthen-leadc1275
kimnel1335
tine1337
gyle-fat1341
yeast-fat1367
brew-lead1369
coomb?a1400
gyle-tunc1425
brewing-lead1444
brewing vessel1462
work lead1471
lead1504
brewing copper1551
gyle-tub1568
kier1573
batch1697
ale vat1701
working tun1703
tun1713
brewing tub1766
flat1791
round1806
beck1828
gyle1836
tun-tub1842
stone-square1882
1462 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 256 A cesterne, the ledes, with other brewing-vessell.
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