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noun

Verjuice n.

The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice.

Tartness; sourness, as of disposition.

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Etymology of 'Verjuice'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Verjuice" Quotes from Famous Books

... about a pound of currans well cleaned, a quarter of a pound of candid orange and citron cut in small pieces, half a pound of sugar, a little salt, a quarter of an ounce of mace and a large nutmeg, beat them together, put in a little juice of lemon or verjuice to your taste, a glass of mountain wine or sack, which you please, so mix all ...

— English Housewifery Exemplified - In above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts Giving Directions - for most Parts of Cookery • Elizabeth Moxon

... was added crumb of bread, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, mace, currants, raisins, and dates. It was boiled gently, and then further strengthened with a quart of canary and one of red port; and when served up, a little grape verjuice or juice of orange was popped in as a zest."—Daily Telegraph, 21st ...

— A Righte Merrie Christmasse - The Story of Christ-Tide • John Ashton