acetous

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I am of this opinion, because the acid can only be formed at the expense of a little of the spirit, which is one of the principles of the acetous acid.

From The Art of Making Whiskey So As to Obtain a Better, Purer, Cheaper and Greater Quantity of Spirit, From a Given Quantity of Grain by C. M.

If it stands too long, a second fermentation commences, bearing affinity to the acetous fermentation: your liquor is then spoiled, and will yield you but little matter of a bad quality—sometimes none at all.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Ingraham, Joseph Holt

Nor is it analogous to other animal facts, that nutritious fluids secreted by the finest vessels of the body should be so little animalized, as to retain acetous or vegetable acidity.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

It is medicinally superior to gum acacia, as it does not undergo acetous fermentation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah