Gyle

//ɡaɪl// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The amount of beer brewed at a time. countable, uncountable

    "Perkins told me Yesterday that his Guile of Beer had a Summer-head on't, like as one sees in the last Weeks of Brewing in a forward Spring:—The Phænomenon surprized him I find."

  2. 2
    Fermented wort used for making vinegar. countable, uncountable

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"Perkins told me Yesterday that his Guile of Beer had a Summer-head on't, like as one sees in the last Weeks of Brewing in a forward Spring:—The Phænomenon surprized him I find."

Etymology

From Dutch gijl, from gijlen (“to ferment”).

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