multum

An extract of quassia licorice, fraudulently used by brewers in order to economize malt and hops.

Noun

  1. 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...

Related

multum in parvo

Derived

hard multum