ciderkin
(ˈsaɪdəkɪn)
[f. cider + -kin, dim. suffix.]
An inferior liquor made by watering and subjecting to a second pressure the pulp left after expressing the juice for cider; also called water-cider.
| [1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. ii. (1586) 89 b, Of Apples..they make a drinke called Cider, and a smallie drinke beside with water and the refuse of the Apples strained: a good drinke to coole the thirst of the poore labourer.] 1676 Worlidge Cyder (1691) 113 Use your Pulp afterwards for the making of Water-Cider, usually called Purre or Ciderkin. 1843 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. IV. ii. 402 The dry pommey, or pulp, is thrown into water where it is allowed to macerate; and..again pressed, and affords..ciderkin, or water-cider. |