wort noun¹. [wǝ:t]
[Old English wyrt = Old Saxon wurt, Old & mod. High German wurz, Old Norse urt, Gothic waurts, from Germanic base rel. to that of ROOT noun¹. Cf. WORT noun².]
1. A plant, esp. one used as food or medicinally; a pot-herb. arch. exc. as 2nd elem. in plant-names. OE.
butterwort, liverwort, lungwort, marshwort, St John's wort, soapwort, woundwort, etc.
■ T. O. Cockayne We find the healing power of worts spoken of as a thing of course.

2. A cabbage or other kind of brassica. ME-M17.

3. In pl. Broth, pottage. LME-M16.

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wort noun². [wǝ:t]
[Old English wyrt = Old Saxon wurtja spicery, Middle & mod. High German würze spice, brewer's wort, from base also of WORT noun¹.]
1. Brewing. A sweet infusion of ground malt or other grain before fermentation, used to produce beer, distilled malt liquors, etc.; unfermented beer. OE.
sweet wort: see SWEET adjective & adverb.

2. An infusion or decoction of malt formerly used to treat ulcers, scurvy, etc. L17-L18.

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