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liquor

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liquor
1. any alcoholic drink, esp spirits, or such drinks collectively
2. Pharmacol a solution of a pure substance in water
3. Brewing warm water added to malt to form wort
liquor [′lik·ər]
(chemical engineering)
Supernatant liquid decanted from a liquid-solids mixture in which the solids have settled.
Liquid overflow from a liquid-liquid extraction unit.
(food engineering)
Sugarcane sap before it is crystallized into sugar.
A strong distilled alcoholic beverage.
(pharmacology)
A solution of a medicinal substance in water.
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At first sprouts out a kind of seed or capsula, of a shape not unlike the scabbard of a scimitar, which they cut, and place a vessel under, to receive the liquor that drops from it; this drink is called soro, and is clear, pleasant, and nourishing.
A Voyage to Abyssinia by Lobo, Father View in context
For as this is the liquor of modern historians, nay, perhaps their muse, if we may believe the opinion of Butler, who attributes inspiration to ale, it ought likewise to be the potation of their readers, since every book ought to be read with the same spirit and in the same manner as it is writ.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Send her here,' said Sikes, pouring out a glass of liquor.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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