liquor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: liquor	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
liquor n an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented Synonym(s): liquor, spirits, booze, hard drink, hard liquor, John Barleycorn, strong drink a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process; "waste liquors" the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked Synonym(s): liquor, pot liquor, pot likker
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Liquor \Liq"uor\ (l[icr]k"[etil]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[91] 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[acr]n"gw[icr]n[icr]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Liquor \Liq"uor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liquored} (-[etil]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Liquoring}.] 1. To supply with liquor. [R.] 2. To grease. [Obs.] --Bacon. Liquor fishermen's boots. --Shak.