faints

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faints - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Faints \Faints\, n. pl.
     The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the
     distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong
     faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak
     faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil.
     --Ure.
     [1913 Webster]