Found 2 items, similar to Wort.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: wort wort n 1: usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort' 2: unfermented or fermenting malt
English → English (gcide) Definition: Wort Wort \Wort\, n. [OE. worte, wurte, AS. wyrte; akin to OD. wort, G. w["u]rze, bierw["u]rze, Icel. virtr, Sw. v["o]rt. See Wort an herb.] An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation. [1913 Webster] Note: Wort consists essentially of a dilute solution of sugar, which by fermentation produces alcohol and carbon dioxide. [1913 Webster] Wort \Wort\, n. [OE. wort, wurt, AS. wyrt herb, root; akin to OS. wurt, G. wurz, Icel. jurt, urt, Dan. urt, Sw. ["o]rt, Goth. wa['u]rts a root, L. radix, Gr. ? a root, ? a branch, young shoot, ? a branch, and E. root, n. Cf. Licorice, Orchard, Radish, Root, n., Whortleberry, Wort an infusion of malt.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) A plant of any kind. [1913 Webster] Note: This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in colewort, figwort, St. John's-wort, woundwort, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. Cabbages. [1913 Webster]