Alcohol : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Alcohol	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Alcohol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
alcohol n a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" Synonym(s): alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alcohol \Al"cohol\ ([acr]l"k[osl]h[ocr]l), n. [Cf. F. alcool, formerly written alcohol, Sp. alcohol alcohol, antimony, galena, OSp. alcofol; all fr. Ar. al-kohl a powder of antimony or galena, to paint the eyebrows with. The name was afterwards applied, on account of the fineness of this powder, to highly rectified spirits, a signification unknown in Arabia. The Sp. word has both meanings. Cf. {Alquifou}.] 1. An impalpable powder. [Obs.] 2. The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation. [Obs.] --Boyle. 3. Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also {ethyl alcohol}); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation. Note: As used in the U. S. [bd]Pharmacop[oe]ia,[b8] alcohol contains 91 per cent by weight of ethyl alcohol and 9 per cent of water; and diluted alcohol (proof spirit) contains 45.5 per cent by weight of ethyl alcohol and 54.5 per cent of water. 4. (Organic Chem.) A class of compounds analogous to vinic alcohol in constitution. Chemically speaking, they are hydroxides of certain organic radicals; as, the radical ethyl forms common or {ethyl alcohol} ({C2H5.OH}); methyl forms {methyl alcohol} ({CH3.OH}) or {wood spirit}; amyl forms {amyl alcohol} ({C5H11.OH}) or {fusel oil}, etc.