Beer
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A very short dictionary-style entry from the first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica defining 'beer' as a weaver's term. It describes a beer as nineteen warp ends running together the full length of the cloth. The entry gives only this definition, with no drafts or further explanation.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1771
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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