DESPUMATION, noun The act of throwing off excrementitious matter and forming a froth or scum on the surface of liquor; clarification; scumming.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
DESPUMATION, noun The act of throwing off excrementitious matter and forming a froth or scum on the surface of liquor; clarification; scumming.
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