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Definition of Quass
1. n. A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the Russians.
Definition of Quass
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of kvass) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quass
1. kvass [n -ES] - See also: kvass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quass
Literary usage of Quass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston (1859)
"—quass or rye beer.—Koumiss or milk beer ; mode of preparing it; its composition
and nutritious qualities.—Lactic acid in this beer.-—Ava, cava, or arva. ..."
2. Siberia and Central Asia by John Wesley Bookwalter (1899)
"... omitted—Custom of recognizing the icon in Russia universal—Fare of the peasant—A
singular bathroom—The drink of the peasant— Two kinds of quass—Vodka, ..."
3. The New Eldorado: A Summer Journey to Alaska by Maturin Murray Ballou (1889)
"When the Russians first came to this region they taught the natives to make what
they called quass, a cooling and comparatively harmless acid drink. ..."
4. Travels on the Shores of the Baltic: Extended to Moscow by S. S. Hill (1854)
"... Rye bread — quass — Dinner closed by a hymn — Regulations for the children
leaving—Impressions with which we left the asylum. THE most remarkable of the ..."
5. Travels on the Shores of the Baltic: Extended to Moscow by S. S. Hill (1854)
"... Rye bread — quass — Dinner closed by a hymn — Regulations for the children
leaving—Impressions with which we left the asylum. THE most remarkable of the ..."
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