spruce beer

spruce beer
a fermented beverage made with spruce leaves and twigs, or an extract from them.
[1490-1500]

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  • spruce beer — n. a fermented beverage made with an extract of spruce leaves and twigs …   English World dictionary

  • Spruce-beer — (engl., spr. ßprūß bīr), Sprossenbier, s. Bier, S. 847 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • spruce beer — noun Date: 1744 a beverage flavored with spruce; especially one made from spruce twigs and leaves boiled with molasses or sugar and fermented with yeast …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • Spruce — (spr[udd]s), n. [OE. Spruce or Pruse, Prussia, Prussian. So named because it was first known as a native of Prussia, or because its sprouts were used for making, spruce beer. Cf. Spruce beer, below, {Spruce}, a.] 1. (Bot.) Any coniferous tree of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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