flighter

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain, perhaps flight +‎ -er (relational noun suffix).

Noun[edit]

flighter (plural flighters)

  1. (brewing) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, so as to produce a circular current in the liquor.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Flighter”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

Anagrams[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

flighter

  1. indefinite plural of flight
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