Liquor

Liquor
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. [1913 Webster]

2. Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc. [1913 Webster]

3. (Pharm.) A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from {tincture} and {aqua}. [1913 Webster]

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 in water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is gaseous or very volatile, as in the aqu[ae] or waters. --U. S. Disp. [1913 Webster]

{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. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • liquor — [lik′ər] n. [altered (infl. by L) < ME licour < OFr licor < L liquor, akin to liquere: see LIQUID] 1. any liquid or juice [meat liquor] 2. an alcoholic drink, esp. one made by distillation, as whiskey or rum 3. Pharmacy a solution of… …   English World dictionary

  • liquor up — {v. phr.}, {slang} To drink an excessive amount of liquor before engaging in some activity as if comparing oneself to a car that needs to be filled before a journey. * /Joe always liquors up before he takes Sue for a dance./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • liquor up — {v. phr.}, {slang} To drink an excessive amount of liquor before engaging in some activity as if comparing oneself to a car that needs to be filled before a journey. * /Joe always liquors up before he takes Sue for a dance./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Liquor — Liq uor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liquored} (l[i^]k [ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Liquoring}.] 1. To supply with liquor. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. To grease. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] Liquor fishermen s boots. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • liquor — c.1200, likur any matter in a liquid state, from O.Fr. licor fluid, liquid; sap; oil (Mod.Fr. liqueur), from L. liquorem (nom. liquor) liquidity, fluidity, also a liquid, the sea, from liquere be fluid, liquid (see LIQUID (Cf. liquid) (adj.)).… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Liquor — Liquor, 1) Flüssigkeit; L. gastrĭcus, Magensaft; L. Morgagni, so v.w. Krystallfeuchtigkeit, s.u. Auge 1) A) k). L. pancreatĭcus, Bauchspeichel. L. prostatĭcus, Vorsteherdrüsensaft; bes. 2) künstlich bereitete, bes. zum pharmaceutischen Gebrauch:… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • liquor up — (or liquor someone up) informal get (or make someone) drunk …   Useful english dictionary

  • Liquor — (lat.), Flüssigkeit, besonders Lösungen von Arzneimitteln, L. aluminii acetici, eine 7,5–8 proz. Lösung von basisch essigsaurer Tonerde; L. ammonii acetici, eine l5proz. Lösung von essigsaurem Ammoniak; L. ammonii anisatus, Mischung von 1 Teil… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Liquor — Liquor, lat., Flüssigkeit; l. anodynus, Hoffmannstropfen. s. Aether …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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