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vatting

[ vat-ing ]

noun

  1. the stage of winemaking during which the expressed juice of grapes has been placed in vats and left to ferment.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of vatting1

First recorded in 1835–45; vat + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

Here the moon by night is distilling and vatting mountain dew from which all wild creatures may drink deep without fear of deleterious effects.

"Here, vatting," he said, "every thing is in it, the certificate of birth, the enlistment paper, the discharge, and the other thing."

"Well, it means that he loves his father, and therefore calls him, in good Mecklenburg style, 'vatting.'"

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