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faints

N เหล้า วิสกี้ ที่ ไม่ บริสุทธิ์ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FAINTS

n.plu. the gross fetid oil remaining after distillation, or a weak spirituous liquor that runs from the still in rectifying the low wines after the proof spirit is drawn off; also, the last runnings of all spirits distilled by the alembic.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FAINTS

FAINTS Faints, n.pl.

 

Defn: The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil. Ure.

 

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