acetous

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.

The sour, nauseous, milky liquor obtained in the process of starch-making, appears, upon analysis, to contain acetous acid, ammonia, alcohol, gluten, and phosphate of lime.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton

The acetous acid has no action upon tin.

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.

A man unfit for Revolutions? whose small soul, transparent wholesome-looking as small-ale, could by no chance ferment into virulent alegar,—the mother of ever-new alegar;—till all France were grown acetous virulent?

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

In the doorway, looking a shade more acetous than usual, stood Lady Margaret.

From A Forgotten Hero Not for Him by Emily Sarah Holt