Word Meanings - MESCAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave.

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• DISTILLABLE
  Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
• DISTILLATION
  The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible
• PREPARATIVELY
  By way of preparation.
• LIQUORISH
  See SHAK
• SPECIES
  A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
• DISTILLATORY
  Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels. -- n.
• LIQUORICE
  See LICORICE
• DISTILLMENT
  Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation. Shak.
• PREPARER
  One who, or that which, prepares, fits, or makes ready. Wood.
• PREPARABLE
  Capable of being prepared. "Medicine preparable by art." Boyle.
• DISTILLERY
  1. The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on. 2. The act of distilling spirits. Todd.
• LIQUOROUS
  Eagerly desirous. See Lickerish. Marston.
• PREPARATION
  The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock.
• PREPARATORY
  Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition.
• DISTILLER
  1. One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation. 2. The condenser of a distilling apparatus.
• LIQUOR
  A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and aqua. Note: The U. S. Pharmacopoeia includes, in this class of preparations, all aqueous solutions without sugar, in which the substance acted on is wholly soluble
• PREPARATOR
  One who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc. Agassiz.
• PREPARED
  Made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food; prepared questions. -- Pre*par"ed*ly, adv. Shak. -- Pre*par"ed*ness, n.
• DISTILL
  + stillare to drop, stilla a drop, prob. fr. stiria frozen drop, 1. To drop; to fall in drops; to trickle. Soft showers distilled, and suns grew warm in vain. Pope. 2. To flow gently, or in a small stream. The Euphrates distilleth out
• DISTILLATE
  The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.
• IMPREPARATION
  Want of preparation. Hooker.
• DISPREPARE
  To render unprepared. Hobbes.
• NONPREPARATION
  Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.
• SUBSPECIES
  A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.
• REDISTILL
  To distill again.
• UNLIQUORED
  1. Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry. "Unliquored coach." Bp. Hall. 2. Not in liquor; not intoxicated; sober. Like an unliquored Silenus. Milton.