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Webster 1913 Edition
Acescency
{
A-ces′cence
,A-ces′cen-cy
, }Noun.
[Cf. F.
acescence
. See Acescent
.] The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.
Johnson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Acescency
ACES'CENCY
,Noun.
A turning sour by spontaneous decomposition; a state of becoming sour, tart, or acid, and hence a being moderately sour.