View source for beeswing

==English==

===Etymology===
From {{compound|en|bee|-s-|wing}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈbiːzwɪŋ/}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|-|s}}

# A filmy, translucent crust found in [[port]] and other old [[wine]]s which have been bottled-aged for a long time.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1904|passage=The three glasses were grouped together, all of them tinged with wine, and one of them containing some dregs of '''beeswing'''.|author=Arthur Conan Doyle|title=The Adventure of the Abbey Grange|publisher=Norton|year_published=2005|page=1170}}
# [[cream of tartar|Cream of tartar]]; [[potassium bitartrate]]; the residual salt of [[tartaric acid]].

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|beeswinged}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=beeginsw|beswinge}}