Bread may be over-fermented when there is no appreciable sourness developed.

It gives an ill-natured Cast to the Eye, and a disagreeable Sourness to the Look; besides, that it makes the Lines too strong, and flushes them worse than Brandy.

If we cut across a stalk of the garden rhubarb, we can see, with the aid of a microscope, the fine needle-shaped crystals of oxalate of potash lying among the fibres of the plant,a provision for an extra supply of the oxalic acid which is the source of the intense sourness of this vegetable.

They did not appear much disposed to come to an understanding, and a little sourness of spirit was beginning to show itself on both sides, when there came news which excited a grand commotion.

He looks on all things with a prepared sourness, and is still furnished with a pish beforehand, or some musty proverb that disrelishes all things whatsoever.

She laughed like a child, without the slightest sourness.

The Bombazine uttered this with a sugary sourness, as if the words had been steeped in a solution of acetate of lead.

The latter was equally astonished and disgusted with its unexpected sourness, but, rather than admit his disappointment and be laughed at by the others, he also pretended that it was delicious, and passed it along.

The forest smelt like a hothouse, but the smell had an unwholesome sourness.