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Meanings of quass in English

Russian
квас
Portuguese
kvas
Spanish
kvass
Catalan
gira
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Traditional Slavic sour drink.

        квас
        Usage of quass in English
        1
        I have soiled my belly with quass, and hooch, and 'Three Star.'
        Children of the Frost
        2
        And each spoke friendly words and said that the quass was good, till all had drunk.
        Children of the Frost
        3
        In the middle was the barrel of quass, and by it a slave to serve the drink.
        Children of the Frost
        4
        This quass-feast was for the chiefs, and the chiefs only, and there was a score of them.
        Children of the Frost
        5
        To not say that the quass was good were insult; to spit forth upon the ground were worse than insult.
        Children of the Frost
        6
        But first of all, there was to be a meeting of the chiefs with Niblack, and a drowning of all enmities in quass.
        Children of the Frost
        7
        Samuel Quass, the landlord of the Sailor's Rest, was next called.
        The Green Mummy
        8
        Reficimus rates quassas: we tempt the ocean again and again, and try upon new ventures.
        The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., a Colonel in the Service of H...
        9
        As Bolton had vanished next morning, Quass obeyed instructions, with the result which everyone knew.
        The Green Mummy
        10
        "Life was too short," grumbled Quass, "to be bothered in that way."
        The Green Mummy
        11
        The Coroner asked all manner of questions, and so did Inspector Date; but all attempts to incriminate Quass were vain.
        The Green Mummy
        12
        Quass was glad when he saw the plump back of the cross little man, who so pertinaciously followed what everyone else had abandoned.
        The Green Mummy
        Translations for quass
        Portuguese
        kvas
        Spanish
        kvasskvas
        Quass through the time