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  • 21vinegar — (n.) c.1300, from O.Fr. vinaigre, from vin wine (from L. vinum, see WINE (Cf. wine)) + aigre sour (see EAGER (Cf. eager)). In L., it was vinum acetum wine turned sour; Cf. also Gk. oxos wine vinegar …

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  • 22Vinegar fly — Vin e*gar fly Any of several fruit flies, esp. {Drosophila ampelopophila}, which breed in imperfectly sealed preserves and in pickles. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 23Vinegar Hill, Ontario — Vinegar Hill is an unincorporated community in Markham, Ontario, Canada located at the junction of Highway 48 and Highway 407. The community is located just south of the historic village of Markham, but little remains of the history of its… …

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  • 24Vinegar Pond — is located on Mousehold Heath, Norwich, Norfolk. History The pond is believed to have been created in World War II by military manoeuvres involving Bren Gun carriers their weight compressing the soil and rendering it impervious to water.… …

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  • 25vinegar fly — n DROSOPHILA (2) …

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  • 26vinegar tits — A mean spirited women lacking in love or compassion …

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  • 27vinegar — ► NOUN 1) a sour tasting liquid containing acetic acid, obtained by fermenting dilute alcoholic liquids and used as a condiment or for pickling. 2) sourness or peevishness of behaviour. DERIVATIVES vinegary adjective. ORIGIN from Old French vyn… …

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  • 28vinegar — [vin′ə gər] n. [ME vinegre < MFr vinaigre < vin, wine (< L vinum: see VINE) + aigre, sour < L acris (see ACRID)] 1. a sour liquid with a pungent odor, containing acetic acid, made by fermenting dilute alcoholic liquids, as cider, wine …

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  • 29vinegar — vinegarlike, adj. /vin i geuhr/, n. 1. a sour liquid consisting of dilute and impure acetic acid, obtained by acetous fermentation from wine, cider, beer, ale, or the like: used as a condiment, preservative, etc. 2. Pharm. a solution of a… …

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  • 30Vinegar tasters — The Vinegar Tasters (嘗醋翁, vinegar tasting old men; 嘗醋圖, 尝醋图), vinegar tasting picture is an allegorical image representing Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism (Daoism), and generally favourable to Taoism and critical of the other two. It depicts… …

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