Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FAINTS
FAINTS, n. plur.
The gross fetid oil remaining after distillation, or a weak spirituous liquor that runs from the still in rectifying the low wines after the proof spirit is drawn off; also, the last runnings of all spirits distilled by the alembic. Encyc. Edwards, W. Ind.
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