Crossword clues for faints
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Faints
Faints \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.
--Ure.
Wiktionary
faints
n. 1 (plural of faint English) 2 The impure spirit that comes over first (the ''strong faints'') and last (the ''weak faints'') in the distillation of whisky, much impregnated with fusel oil.
Usage examples of "faints".
Even now my heart faints before the recollection of it, as she stood and smiled at our awed faces, and I would give half my remaining time upon this earth to see her once like that again.