Both Uses of
ferment
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Like these, got out of hand: fermenting.†
Chpt 7 *
- Spaton sawdust, sweetish warmish cigarette smoke, reek of plug, spilt beer, men's beery piss, the stale of ferment.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(ferment as in: ferment grapes) chemically change by a living agent -- such as when yeast or bacteria changes sugar to alcohol when making wine