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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

wort / wərt; wôrt/ • n. 1. [in comb.] used in names of plants and herbs, esp. those used, esp. formerly, as food or medicinally, e.g., butterwort, woundwort. ∎ archaic such a plant or herb. 2. the sweet infusion of ground malt or other grain before fermentation, used to produce beer and distilled malt liquors.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

wort1 herb, vegetable OE.; cabbage XIV. OE. wyrt root, plant = OS. wurt, (O)HG. wurz, ON. urt, Goth. waurts; cf. ROOT1.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

wort2 infusion of grain for the making of beer. OE. wyrt = OS. wurtja spicery, (M)HG. würze.

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A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | Copyright

wort See brewing.

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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

wort See beer.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

wort •advert, alert, animadvert, assert, avert, Bert, blurt, Burt, cert, chert, concert, controvert, convert, curt, desert, dessert, dirt, divert, exert, flirt, girt, hurt, inert, insert, introvert, Kurt, malapert, overt, pert, pervert, quirt, shirt, skirt, spirt, spurt, squirt, Sturt, subvert, vert, wort, yurt •Engelbert • Colbert • sweatshirt •nightshirt • pay dirt • Frankfurt •miniskirt • underskirt • expert •Blackshirt • redshirt • T-shirt •Brownshirt • undershirt • extrovert •ragwort • milkwort • pillwort •nipplewort • lungwort • bladderwort •liverwort

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