Word Meanings - STRONG-WATER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. An acid. 2. Distilled or ardent spirits; intoxicating liquor.

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• ARDENT
  1. Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever. 2. Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes. Dryden. 3. Warm, applied
• 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
• LIQUORISH
  See SHAK
• DISTILLATORY
  Belonging to, or used in, distilling; as, distillatory vessels. -- n.
• LIQUORICE
  See LICORICE
• ARDENTLY
  In an ardent manner; eagerly; with warmth; affectionately; passionately.
• INTOXICATEDNESS
  The state of being intoxicated; intoxication; drunkenness.
• ARDENTNESS
  Ardency.
• INTOXICATE
  or poison; pref. in- in + L. toxicum a poison in which arrows were 1. Intoxicated. 2. Overexcited, as with joy or grief. Alas, good mother, be not intoxicate for me; I am well enough. Chapman.
• INTOXICATION
  A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance. 2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk; inebriation; ebriety; drunkenness; the act of intoxicating or making drunk. 2. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm,
• DISTILLMENT
  Distillation; the substance obtained by distillation. Shak.
• 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.
• DISTILLER
  1. One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation. 2. The condenser of a distilling apparatus.
• INTOXICATING
  Producing intoxication; as, intoxicating liquors.
• 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
• DISTILLATE
  The product of distillation; as, the distillate from molasses.
• 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
• 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.
• AUTO-INTOXICATION
  Poisoning, or the state of being poisoned, from toxic substances produced within the body; autotoxæmia.