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/fawr"shots', fohr"-/, n.pl.the weak spirits that come over in the initial phase in distilling whiskey. Cf. faints.[1830-40; FORE- + SHOT1 + -S3]
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faints — /faynts/, n. (used with a pl. v.) the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey. Also, feints. Cf. foreshots. [1735 45; n. use (in pl.) of FAINT (adj.)] * * * … Universalium
