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| beetle2 |
a wooden mallet or club used to stamp and finish linen, compress paving stones, or mash vegetables. [1/3 definitions] |
| bourbon |
an aged whiskey made from corn mash. |
| corn whiskey |
whiskey made from a mash of at least eighty percent corn; corn liquor. |
| masher |
a utensil designed to mash vegetables or fruit. |
| pulp |
to mash or otherwise reduce to a soft, moist mass. [1/8 definitions] |
| rye1 |
a whiskey distilled from a mash of rye grain, usu. mixed with other grains; rye whiskey. [1/4 definitions] |
| sour mash |
a mixture of new mash and mash from an earlier run, used in the distilling of certain whiskeys. [1/2 definitions] |
| wort2 |
an infusion of malt that ferments into beer or mash. |
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