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WINE-P

Volume 20 · 89 words · 1815 Edition

WINE-Press, a machine contrived to squeeze the juice out of grapes, and consisting of several pieces of timber, variously disposed, which compose three bodies of timber-work, closely united to the axis, which serves as a wing whereby it may be moved by the vice. Of these there are different sizes as well as different constructions; for an account of which, illustrated by figures, see Miller's Gardener's Dictionary, article WINE-Press.

Spirit of WINE, or Alcohol, a name given by chemists to every ardent spirit produced by distillation. See Chemistry Index.