4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Liquor \Liq"uor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Liquored} (l[i^]k"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Liquoring}.] 1. To supply with liquor. [R.] [1913 Webster] 2. To grease. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Liquor fishermen's boots. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Liquor \Liq"uor\ (l[i^]k"[~e]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. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. (Pharm.) A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from {tincture} and {aqua}. [1913 Webster] Note: 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 aqu[ae] or waters. --U. S. Disp. [1913 Webster] {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[a^]n"gw[i^]n*[i^]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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: liquor n 1: distilled rather than fermented [syn: {spirits}, {booze}, {hard drink}, {hard liquor}, {John Barleycorn}, {strong drink}] 2: a liquid substance that is a solution (or emulsion or suspension) used or obtained in an industrial process; "waste liquors" 3: the liquid in which vegetables or meat have be cooked [syn: {pot liquor}, {pot likker}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 158 Moby Thesaurus words for "liquor": Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, John Barleycorn, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, amobarbital sodium, analgesic, anodyne, aqua vitae, ardent spirits, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, beverage, black stuff, blood, blue, blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, booze, brew, broth, budge, calmative, chloral hydrate, codeine, codeine cough syrup, concentrate, depressant, depressor, distillate, dolly, downer, drink, drinkable, extract, firewater, fluid, fluid extract, fluid mechanics, frosted, frosted shake, goofball, grog, hard liquor, hard stuff, heroin, hooch, hop, horse, hydraulics, hydrogeology, hypnotic, inebriant, infusion, intoxicant, intoxicating liquor, juice, junk, knockout drops, latex, laudanum, liquid, liquid extract, little brown jug, lotus, lush, malt, meperidine, methadone, milk, moonshine, morphia, morphine, mountain dew, narcotic, opiate, opium, pacifier, pain killer, paregoric, pen yan, phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, pick-me-up, pop, potable, potation, punch bowl, purple heart, quietener, rainbow, red, rum, sap, sauce, scag, schnapps, secobarbital sodium, sedative, semiliquid, shake, shit, sleep-inducer, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, smack, social lubricant, soda, soda pop, soda water, sodium thiopental, soft drink, somnifacient, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, spirits, stock, strong drink, strong waters, tar, the Demon Rum, the bottle, the cup, the flowing bowl, the luscious liquor, the ruddy cup, tipple, tonic, toxicant, tranquilizer, turps, water, water of life, whey, white lightning, white mule, white stuff, yellow, yellow jacket
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