Definition of Sourings

1. Noun. (plural of souring) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sourings

1. souring [n] - See also: souring

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sourings

sourdine
sourdines
sourdough
sourdough(a)
sourdough bread
sourdoughs
soured
soured cream
soured creams
sourer
sourest
soureth
sourgum
sourgums
souring
sourings (current term)
sourish
sourkrout
sourkrouts
sourly
sourness
sournesses
sourock
sourocks
sourpuss
sourpusses
sours
sourse
sourses
soursop

Literary usage of Sourings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. China Collecting in America by Alice Morse Earle (1892)
"ous old orders and entries exist about the purchase of wine, rum, sugar, and "sourings" for the manufacture of the ancient and honorable punches. ..."

2. Adventures in the Wilds of the United States and British American Provinces by Charles Lanman (1856)
"Having spent a night in a cabin, where he could procure nothing for his horse but corn husks, and been himself regaled at breakfast by some sourings and ..."

3. Trail Craft: An Aid in Getting the Greatest Good Out of Vacation Trips by Claude Powell Fordyce (1922)
"She prepares the "sourings" by stirring together two cups of flour, two tablespoon- fuls of ... She says: "For each loaf of bread use one cup of 'sourings', ..."

4. Woodcraft for Women by Kathrene Sutherland (Gedney) Pinkerton (1916)
"Stir this into the sourings in the sour dough can. This rises overnight. ... Uneaten pancakes should be broken up and dropped into the sourings. ..."

5. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"For this reason they are the strongest after some sourings. ... In the first sourings there is more of the earthy matter in the cloth, from the many ..."

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