EFFERVES'CENCE, noun A kind ofnatural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid, which takes place, when some part of the mass flies off in an elastic form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as the effervescence or working of new wine, cider or beer; the effervescence of a carbonate with nitric acid.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.