sour juice from unripe fruit (grapes or apples); sour juice of crab apples; acid liquor made from verjuice (used in the past for cooking instead of vinegar); sourness of temper, sourness of disposition, tartness
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Verjuice Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice.
The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice.
(n.)
Tartness; sourness, as of disposition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTartness; sourness, as of disposition.
verjuice
\ver"juice`\ (?), n. [oe. vergeous, f. verjus, that is, the juice of green fruits; verd, vert, green + jus juice. see verdant, and juice.]
1. the sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice.
2. tartness; sourness, as of disposition.
Verjuice Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Verjuice ( ; from Middle French vertjus "green juice") is a very acidic juice made by pressing unripe grapes, crab-apples or other sour fruit. Sometimes lemon or sorrel juice, herbs or spices are added to change the flavour. In the Middle Ages, it was widely used all over Western Europe as an ingredient in sauces, as a condiment, or to deglaze preparations. It is still used to some extent in the American South.
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