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feints

noun

plural plural of feint

noun

plural, plural only The strong spirit produced at the beginning of distillation (strong feints, also foreshot), and the weak spirit produced at the end (weak feints, also tailings or tail). A low-wines still's distilling power cannot be ascertained by the actual bulk of the distillates in strong and weak feints and spirits obtained in a given time, […].

verb

indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of feint

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@misc{feints_2026,
  title = {feints},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feints},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}