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Meaning of 'faints' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Faints [ n.pl.]
- The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil.

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