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maltster

/mawlt-ster/US // ˈmɔlt stər //UK // (ˈmɔːltstə) //

麦芽糖业者,麦芽糖商,麦芽威士忌,麦芽啤酒厂

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a maker of or dealer in malt.

Examples

  • Rumbold, the maltster who contrived the Rye house plot taken and executed at Edinburgh.

  • He was the second son of Richard Farmer, a wealthy maltster of that town.

  • This horizontal air-mill served as a landmark for many miles round: the proprietor was Mr. Hodgson, a maltster and distiller.

  • I found I was as vain of those memories as the maltster was of having lost all his teeth.

  • It was the unvarying custom in Weatherbury to sink all minor differences when the maltster had to be pacified.