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Webster 1913 Edition

Sherbet

Sher′bet

,
Noun.
[Ar.
sherbet
,
shorbet
,
sharbat
, properly, one drink or sip, a draught, beverage, from
shariba
to drink. Cf.
Sorbet
,
Sirup
,
Shrub
a drink.]
1.
A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways;
as, orange
sherbet
; lemon
sherbet
; raspberry
sherbet
, etc.
2.
A flavored water ice.
3.
A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; – called also
sherbet powder
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sherbet

SHER'BET

,
Noun.
[L. sorbeo.] A drink composed of water, lemon juice and sugar, sometimes with perfumed cakes dissolved in it, with an infusion of some drops of rose water. Another kind made with violets, honey, juice of rasins, &c.

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