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liq·uor
[lik-er or, for 3, lik-wawr] Pronunciation Key
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[lik-er or, for 3, lik-wawr] Pronunciation Key –noun
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| 1. | a distilled or spirituous beverage, as brandy or whiskey, as distinguished from a fermented beverage, as wine or beer. |
| 2. | any liquid substance, as broth from cooked meats or vegetables. |
| 3. | Pharmacology. solution (def. 6). |
| 4. | a solution of a substance, esp. a concentrated one used in the industrial arts. |
| 5. | Informal. to furnish or ply with liquor to drink (often fol. by up). |
| 6. | Informal. to drink large quantities of liquor (often fol. by up). |
[Origin: 1175–1225; < L: a liquid, orig. liquidity (liqu(ére) to be liquid + -or -or1); r. ME lic(o)ur < OF (F liqueur) < L liquōrem, acc. of liquor
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liq·uor·y, adjective
—Synonyms 2. juice, drippings.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| liq·uor
(lĭk'ər) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. liq·uored, liq·uor·ing, liq·uors
[Middle English licour, a liquid, from Old French, from Latin liquor, from liquēre, to be liquid.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
liquor
liquor
1225, likur "any matter in a liquid state," from O.Fr. licour, from L. liquorem (nom. liquor) "liquid, liquidity," from liquere "be fluid." Sense of "fermented or distilled drink" (especially wine) first recorded c.1300. To liquor up "get drunk" is from 1845.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| liquor | |
noun | |
| 1. | an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented |
| 2. | a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process; "waste liquors" |
| 3. | the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked |
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
liquor liq·uor (lĭk'ər)
n.
- An aqueous solution, especially of a medicinal substance.
- An alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than by fermentation.
- (lī'kwôr, lĭk'wôr) In anatomical nomenclature, a term for any of several body fluids.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Liquor
Liq"uor\ (l[i^]k"[~e]r), n. [OE. licour, licur, OF. licur, F. liqueur, fr. L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid. See Liquid, and cf. Liqueur.]1. Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like. 2. Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc. 3. (Pharm.) A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and aqua. Note: The U. S. Pharmacop[oe]ia includes, in this class of preparations, all aqueous solutions without sugar, in which the substance acted on is wholly soluble in water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is gaseous or very volatile, as in the aqu[ae] or waters. --U. S. Disp. Labarraque's liquor (Old Chem.), a solution of an alkaline hypochlorite, as sodium hypochlorite, used in bleaching and as a disinfectant. Liquor of flints, or Liquor silicum (Old Chem.), soluble glass; -- so called because formerly made from powdered flints. See Soluble glass, under Glass. Liquor of Libavius. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius, under Fuming. Liquor sanguinis (s[a^]n"gw[i^]n*[i^]s) (Physiol.), the blood plasma. Liquor thief, a tube for taking samples of liquor from a cask through the bung hole. To be in liquor, to be intoxicated.
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Liquor
Liq"uor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Liquored (-[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Liquoring.]1. To supply with liquor. [R.] 2. To grease. [Obs.] --Bacon. Liquor fishermen's boots. --Shak.
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