FAINTS


Meaning of FAINTS in English

/faynts/ , n. ( used with a pl. v. )

the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.

Also, feints . Cf. foreshots .

[ 1735-45; n. use (in pl.) of FAINT (adj.) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .