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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the distillation of whisky, the receiver in which the faints, or weak spirit, is collected, to be afterward redistilled: same as
faints-cask . Seefaint , n., 2.
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qms commented on the word faints-back
The Distiller’s Apprentice
The training begins with a grain sack,
Then pray for a patience that saints lack.
Learn "alembic" and "still,"
Taste a "dram" or a "gill"
And recycle your "tails" in a faints-back.
There's much that's strange or unique
To be learned in distillery-speak:
A "back" holds the "faints"
With the fusel oil taints
And strong faints are common as weak.
See also feints.
I find more instances of this term used as two words than as a single hyphenated word.
I now feel ready to set up in the moonshine business. All’s I need is a secluded holler and a yeller dog (and maybe a chaw o' tobakcy).
March 28, 2014