amurca

American  

[uh-mur-kuh] / əˈmɜr kə /

noun

1. the lees or sediment of olive oil.

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Etymology

Origin of amurca

< Latin < Greek amórgē

Example Sentences

The method of preserving it is this: immediately after the oil has been pressed out, draw off the amurca and boil it down to one-third and, when it has cooled, store it in vats.

From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax

When it flows from the oil mill, amurca is a watery fluid full of dregs.

From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax

Humor porro Oleaginosus aquam humiditate & fluiditate per se, accensus vero Ignem flamma prodit, fumo Aerem, fuligine, nidore & amurca terram.

From The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. by Boyle, Robert

Experienced farmers do well to save their amurca as they do their oil and their wine.

From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax

There are other methods also, as that in which must is mingled with the amurca.

From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax