brew house (brohous)

[ OHG. brūhus, G. brauhaus ); A house or establishment in which the operations of brewing are carried on. brewing (brö'ing), n. [Verbal n. of brew1, v.] 1. The act or proce of preparing liquors from malt and hops; the proce of extracting a saccharine solution from malted grain and converting that solution into a fermented alcoholic beverage called ale or beer. The proce usually followed by the brewer may be divided into eight distinct parts, viz., the grinding of the malt, mashing, boiling, cooling, fermenting, cleansing, racking or vatting, and fin IMG:content-2512.png:[blocks in formation] I am not able to avouch anything for certainty, such a brewing and sophistication of them they make. Holland , tr. of Pliny, xiv. 6. brewis (brö'is), n. [ , browes , brouwys, etc., broues , prop. pl., from sing. *brou, brodum , gravy, broth, oHG. brod = E. broth1 , q. v. Cf. brose I.] 1. Broth; pottage. characterized by the elongated intestine and carinated scales. B. tyrannus is the well-known mo - bunker or menhaden, formerly included in the genus Alosa or Clupea ( A. or C. menhaden). See menhaden . brew1 (brö), v. [ brewen (pret. brew , later brewede , brewed , pp. browen , later brewed ), breówan (strong verb; pret. * breaw , pl. *bru- won , pp. gebrowen ; found only in pp.) = OFries. briuwa = D. brouwen = MLG. bruwen, browen , bruen , LG. brugen , bruen , brouen = OHG. briu- brew-lockt, n. A brewing. What an ocean of brewis I shall swim in! Fletcher (and another ?), Prophete , i. 3. Thou for all The kitchen brewis that was ever supt Shalt not once dare to look him in the face. wan, MHG. briuwen , brūwen , G. brauen = Icel. brugga = Sw. brygga = Dan. brygge , brew; prob. connected with L. de - frutum , new wine boiled down, Gr. βρῦτον (for * φρύτον ), a kind of beer; the primitive meaning, as indicated by the (probable) derivatives broth1 and bread1 , being prob. more general, 'prepare by fire,' hence boil, brew, bake.' See also brewis, brosel.] I. trans. 1. To produce as a beverage by fermentation; prepare (beer, ale, or other similar liquor) from malt, or from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boil- ing, and fermentation.-2. To prepare by mix- ing, boiling, or the like; mingle; mix; concoct: as, to brew a bowl of punch; "drinks brewed with several herbs," Bacon . Brew me a pottle of sack. Shak ., M. W. of W., iii. 5. A witch who brew'd the philtre. Tennyson , Lucretius. breviloquence (bre-vil'ō-kwens), n. [L. bre- viloquentia , breviloquen ( t- ) s , short-speaking, brevis , short, + loquens , ppr. of loqui , speak.] A brief or laconic mode of speaking. [Rare.] 3. To contrive; plot; prepare: as, to brew mis- brevi manu (brē'vi ma'nū). [L., lit. with a short hand: brevi, abl. of brevis, short; manu, abl. of manus, hand: see brief and manual. ] 1. Offhand; immediately; without delay; at once.-2. At or by one's own hand; without the intervention of another; specifically, in Scots law, on one's own authority, or without legal warrant. breviped (brev'i-ped), a. and n. [L. brevis, short, + pes ( ped- ) = E. foot.] I. a. In ornith., having short feet. II. n. A bird having short feet. chief. He brew this cursedne e and al this synne. Chaucer , Monk's Tale, 1. 395. I found it to be the most malicious and frantick surmise, and the most contrary to his nature that, I think, had ever been brewed . Wotton. Or brew fierce tempests on the wintry main. Pope , R. of the L., ii. 85. II. in trans. 1. To conduct the operations or the busine of brewing or making beer. I wash, wring, brew , bake, scour. Shak . , M. W. of W., i. 4. 2. To be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or collecting; be impending: chiefly IMG:content-2513.png:[blocks in formation] He [the chemist] is not a brewster like another, but a man who adds new utility and value to every creature in the brewery. Spectator , No. 3018, p. 575.