FAINTS

Source: 566, 567

faints. Faints, n. gross and fetid oil [(W. Indies)]

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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.