2. Verb. (third-person singular of acrospire) ¹
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Definition of Acrospires
1. acrospire [n] - See also: acrospire
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrospires
Literary usage of Acrospires
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The maltster decides, from the length and appearance of the acrospires as ...
The dried acrospires and the rootlets are broken off by handling In the kiln, ..."
2. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1880)
"The brewer or distiller bruises the malt (which has been previously screened or
sifted from the rootlets or acrospires), and introduces it into his mash-tun ..."
3. Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses by Arthur Herbert Church (1893)
"We say "screened" malt because the malt after kiln-drying is always sifted, to
remove the rootlets or acrospires, which, under the name of malt dust or malt ..."
4. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"Malt is the source of beer, ale and whisky, and is composed of the germinated,
dead grains with their acrospires and radicles. It should be fresh, ..."
5. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge. by George Ripley (1858)
"The malt has now acquired a pale amber or brown color and is freed from the roots
and acrospires, which have become brittle, and being broken off in the ..."
6. Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses by Arthur Herbert Church (1876)
"We say " screened " malt because the malt after kiln-drying is always sifted, to
remove the rootlets or acrospires, which, under the name of malt dust or ..."
7. American Handy-book of the Brewing, Malting and Auxiliary Trades . . by Robert Wahl (1902)
"... Diastase in radicles of 50 corns 0.0681 Diastase in acrospires of 50 corns
0.0.456 Diastase in scutella of 50 corns 0.5469 CONSTITUENTS OF GREEN MALT. ..."
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