acetous
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The principal of the vegetable acids are the acetous and the tartareous.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Joseph Priestley
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 Joseph Holt Ingraham
As many of the preceding observations relate to the vinous and putrefactive fermentations, I had the curiosity to endeavour to ascertain in what manner the air would be affected by the acetous fermentation.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Joseph Priestley
Brandy has been made from ripe gooseberries by distillation; by exposing the juice with sugar to the acetous fermentation a good vinegar may be obtained.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
