Yeast

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 775

Yeast, the vegetable growth to which Fermentation (q.v.) is due, of value in brewing, baking, &c. Yeast drained and pressed till nearly dry—German barm—may be kept for months. See BEER, BREAD, SUGAR, WINE.

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