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Webster 1913 Edition
Liquor
Liq′uor
(lĭk′ẽr)
, Noun.
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
. ☞ 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 aquæ 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
(săn′gwĭn-ĭs)
, (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.
Liq′uor
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Liquored
(lĭk′ẽrd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Liquoring
.] 1.
To supply with liquor.
[R.]
2.
To grease.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Liquor
LIQ'UOR
,Noun.
A liquid or fluid substance. [See Liquid.] Liquor is a word of general signification, extending to water, milk, blood, say, juice, &c.; but its most common application is to spirituous fluids, whether distilled or fermented, to decoctions, solutions, tinctures.
LIQ'UOR
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
liquor
liquor
See also: liqueur
English
Alternative forms
- liquour (obsolete)
Noun
liquor (countable and uncountable, plural liquors)
- (obsolete) A liquid.
- (obsolete) A drinkable liquid.
- A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
- (chiefly US) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.
- In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
Synonyms
- (strong alcoholic drink): spirits (British and Australasian English)
- (liquid obtained by cooking food): stock, pot liquor (American English), broth, bouillon
Derived terms
Terms derived from liquor (noun)
Related terms
Terms etymologically related to liquor
Translations
strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation
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Verb
liquor (third-person singular simple present liquors, present participle liquoring, simple past and past participle liquored)
- (intransitive) To drink liquor, usually to excess.
- (transitive) To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
- (obsolete, transitive) To grease.
- Shakespeare
- Liquor fishermen's boots.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- Shakespeare
References
- liquor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- liquor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Latin
Etymology 1
From liqueō (“I am liquid, fluid”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈli.kʷor/, [ˈlɪ.kʷɔr]
Noun
liquor m (genitive liquōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | liquor | liquōrēs |
| genitive | liquōris | liquōrum |
| dative | liquōrī | liquōribus |
| accusative | liquōrem | liquōrēs |
| ablative | liquōre | liquōribus |
| vocative | liquor | liquōrēs |
Related terms
Related terms
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Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈliː.kʷor/, [ˈliː.kʷɔr]
Verb
līquor (present infinitive līquī); third conjugation, deponent, no perfect
Conjugation
| Conjugation of liquor (third conjugation, deponent, defective) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | līquor | līqueris, līquere | līquitur | līquimur | līquiminī | līquuntur |
| imperfect | līquēbar | līquēbāris, līquēbāre | līquēbātur | līquēbāmur | līquēbāminī | līquēbantur | |
| future | līquar | līquēris, līquēre | līquētur | līquēmur | līquēminī | līquentur | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | līquar | līquāris, līquāre | līquātur | līquāmur | līquāminī | līquantur |
| imperfect | līquerer | līquerēris, līquerēre | līquerētur | līquerēmur | līquerēminī | līquerentur | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | līquere | — | — | līquiminī | — |
| future | — | līquitor | līquitor | — | — | līquuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | līquī | — | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | līquēns | — | — | — | — | līquendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| līquere | līquendī | līquendō | līquendum | — | — | ||
Etymology 3
Non-lemma forms.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈli.kʷor/, [ˈlɪ.kʷɔr]
Verb
liquor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of liquō
References
- līquor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lĭquor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- liquor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “liquor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- liquor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911