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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WORT, n. [G., L., to grow; green.]
1. A plant; an herb; now used chiefly or wholly in compounds; as in mugwort, liverwort, spleenwort.
2. A plant of the cabbage kind.
3. New beer unfermented, or in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort'
2: unfermented or fermenting malt

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wyrt root, herb, plant — more at root Date: before 12th century plant; especially an herbaceous plant — usually used in combination <lousewort> II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wyrt; akin to Middle High German würze brewer's wort, Old English wyrt root, herb Date: before 12th century a sweet liquid drained from mash and fermented to make beer and whiskey

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 archaic (except in names) a plant or herb (liverwort; St John's wort). 2 the infusion of malt which after fermentation becomes beer. Etymology: OE wyrt: rel. to ROOT(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of any kind. Note: This word is now chiefly used in combination, as in colewort, figwort, St. John's-wort, woundwort, etc. 2. pl. Cabbages.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Note: Wort consists essentially of a dilute solution of sugar, which by fermentation produces alcohol and carbon dioxide.

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