English
Etymology
From bee + �s + wing.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'bi:zwɪ�/

Noun
beeswing (uncountable)

1. a filmy, translucent crust found in port and other old wines which have been bottled-aged for a long time

#:*1904: The three glasses were grouped together, all of them tinged with wine, and one of them containing some dregs of beeswing. � Arthur Conan Doyle, �The Adventure of the Abbey Grange� (Norton 2005, p.1170)

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