FAINTS, nounplural the gross fetid oil remaining after distillation, or a weak spirituous liquor that runs from the still in rectifying the low wines after the proof spirit is drawn off; also, the last runnings of all spirits distilled by the alembic.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.