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Definition of Sourings
1. souring [n] - See also: souring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sourings
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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