Crossword clues for demijohn
demijohn
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Demijohn \Dem"i*john\, n. [F. dame-jeanne, i.e., Lady Jane, a corruption of Ar. damaj[=a]na, damj[=a]na, prob. fr. Damaghan a town in the Persian province of Khorassan, once famous for its glass works.] A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1769, partial translation and word-play from French damejeanne (late 17c.) "Lady Jane," term used for large globular wicker-wrapped bottle, perhaps because its shape suggested a stout woman in the costume of the period. A general Mediterranean word, with forms found in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Arabic.
Wiktionary
n. A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
WordNet
n. large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork
Wikipedia
A demijohn is a container for fluids used in brewing.
Demijohn may also refer to:
- Demijohn Limited, a Scottish business
- Thom Demijohn, a joint pseudonym used by authors Thomas M. Disch and John Sladek for their satirical novel Black Alice
- Demijohn Lake (Ontario), a lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada
Usage examples of "demijohn".
They crowded into the dogtrot, shouting and laughing and passing demijohns of raw corn whiskey from hand to hand.
But what was stored behind them, in warehouses and in gigantic cellars, in kegs of oil, in stacks of finest lavender soaps, in demijohns of floral colognes, wines, alcohols, in bales of scented leather, in sacks and chests and crates stuffed with spices — Grenouille smelled out every detail through the thickest walls — these were riches beyond those of princes.
The room beyond was cluttered with flowerpots, half-dead blooms and cuttings, seed troughs, cloudy bottles and green demijohns and what looked and smelled like a small sack of dray manure, although, at least in the piled desk and sagging chairs, the place also gave the impression of a kind of office.
With a growl, he lunged out at one of the demijohns of acid which lay nearby.
I improved the taste with a harmless flavoring and filled two demijohns with the mixture, re serving a large flask for Hold use, should it be required.
I decanted the fellis and tussilago into padded demijohns and added to these surreptitious stores a pack containing clothing necessities for myself.
I improved the taste with a harmless flavoring and filled two demijohns with the mixture, reserving a large flask for Hold use, should it be required.
He just kept turning out the old wood-fired earthenware plates and bowls along with salt-glazed stoneware—churns and crocks and demijohns.
Hundreds of bottles and demijohns passed from hand to hand and mouth to mouth, were drunk from blindly in long untasting gurgles, the wine spilling so freely it flooded the cellar.