gyle
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Etymology edit
From Dutch gijl, from gijlen (“to ferment”).
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gyle (countable and uncountable, plural gyles)
- The amount of beer brewed at a time.
- 1790 October 7, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:
- Perkins told me Yesterday that his Guile of Beer had a Summer-head on't, like as one sees in the last Weeks of Brewing in a forward Spring:—The Phænomenon surprized him I find.
- Fermented wort used for making vinegar.