Definition of "liquor"

liquor

/ˈlɪk.ə(ɹ)/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural liquors
1. (obsolete) A liquid, a fluid.
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  Thus Water also, or any other Liquor, included in a convenient vessel, by being warmed, manifestly expands it self with a very great violence […]
  1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia
  Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the SkyI heard a Voice within the Tavern cry,"Awake, my Little ones, and fill the CupBefore Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry."
  1859, Edward Fitzgerald, The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: The Astronomer-Poet of Persia, page 1
2. (obsolete) A drinkable liquid.
3. A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
4. (UK, cooking) A parsley sauce commonly served with traditional pies and mash.
5. (chiefly US, Canada, Australia) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation; more broadly, any alcoholic drink.
  Quotations
  Here the proprietor has had the good sense of holding on to the good old fashion of giving his customers their moneyworth of good wines and liquors.
  1879, Chas. McArmor, The New Handbook of Vienna […] ‎, 2nd edition, Otto Maass, page 106
6. 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.
7. A liquid in which something has been steeped.
verb
third-person singular simple present liquors, present participle liquoring, simple past and past participle liquored
1. (intransitive) To drink liquor, usually to excess.
2. (transitive) To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To grease.
  Quotations
  Liquor fishermen's boots.
  c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, scene v]
  cart-wheels squeak not when they are liquored
  1631, Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […]

Definition of "liquor"

liquor

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