multum
An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops.
Noun
- An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops.
- Another substance, composed of extract of quassia and liquorice juice, used by fraudulent brewers to economise both malt and hops, is technically called multum. - 1820, Friedrich Accum, A Treatise on Adulterations of...