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An oast is a kiln for drying hops. Often a collection of kilns are housed together in an oast house.
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The pocket was a British measurement for hops ranging from 168 to 224 lbs.
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A rector is usually the incumbent of a parish church in England, but the title is sometimes also given to the head of a college or school. A rector used to differ from a vicar in his taking the great tithes - such as corn, hay and wood, while the vicar took the small tithes, such as hops and potatoes.
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The hop (Humulus Lupulus) is a native British and European plant of the hemp family Cannabiaceae, natural order Urticaceae. The root is perennial giving out several herbaceous, rough, twining stems with large lobed leaves. The the fertile flowers are green; the fruit is a catkin and the catkins are added to beer to give it its aromatic and bitter flavour. The young shoots are sometimes boiled and eaten like asparagus; the fibres of the old stems make good cords and were formerly used. The use of the hop catkins depends upon a peculiar bitter substance which they contain, called lupulin, which is a yellow powder, containing a bitter principle and a volatile oil. The lupulin constitutes from 10 to 12 per cent by weight of the catkin, and the bitter principle forms from 8 to 12 per cent of the lupulin. Having tonic, stomachic, and narcotic properties hops were often used medicinally. Pillows stuffed with hops are used to induce sleep.
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Hops is a popular term for the dried flowers or catkins of the hop plant.
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The tussock moth (Dasychira pudibunda) is an insect whose larva is sometimes destructive to hops. The caterpillar is green, with transverse black markings and has tufts, or tussocks of hair on most of the segments. The moth is of a greyish colour, and is about two centimetres long.
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In brewing, a hop-press is a machine for expressing the liquid from hops after boiling.
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Sulphur dioxide is a sulphurous anhydride gas that is given off from some volcanoes and is produced whenever sulphur or its compounds are burned in air. It is a colourless gas with a very sharp, suffocating smell. It is very soluble in water forming an acid, which in the atmosphere is known as acid rain. It is a powerful antiseptic and is used to remove traces of chlorine from bleached material, and in the curing of hops.
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HOPS is an abbreviation for Hardware Performance Optimisation System
HOPS is an abbreviation for Helmet-Mounted Optical Projection System
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Adnams Regatta is an English summer ale brewed with English pale ale malts and Goldings hops.
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