Spirituous

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spirituous \Spir"it*u*ous\, a. [Cf. (for sense 2) F. spiritueux.
     Cf. {Spiritous}.]
     1. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and
        having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial;
        spiritual; pure.
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     2. Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic (esp.
        distilled) spirit; consisting of refined spirit;
        alcoholic; ardent; as, spirituous liquors.
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     3. Lively; gay; vivid; airy. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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              The mind of man is of that spirituous, stirring
              nature, that it is perpetually at work. --South.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wine \Wine\, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel.
     v[imac]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, ?, and E.
     withy. Cf. {Vine}, {Vineyard}, {Vinous}, {Withy}.]
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     1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a
        beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out
        their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. "Red
        wine of Gascoigne." --Piers Plowman.
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              Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and
              whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov.
                                                    xx. 1.
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              Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape
              Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton.
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     Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol,
           containing also certain small quantities of ethers and
           ethereal salts which give character and bouquet.
           According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines
           are called {red}, {white}, {spirituous}, {dry},
           {light}, {still}, etc.
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     2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit
        or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as,
        currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine.
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     3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication.
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              Noah awoke from his wine.             --Gen. ix. 24.
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     {Birch wine}, {Cape wine}, etc. See under {Birch}, {Cape},
        etc.
  
     {Spirit of wine}. See under {Spirit}.
  
     {To have drunk wine of ape} or {To have drunk wine ape}, to
        be so drunk as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
     {Wine acid}. (Chem.) See {Tartaric acid}, under {Tartaric}.
        [Colloq.]
  
     {Wine apple} (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a
        rich, vinous flavor.
  
     {Wine fly} (Zool.), small two-winged fly of the genus
        {Piophila}, whose larva lives in wine, cider, and other
        fermented liquors.
  
     {Wine grower}, one who cultivates a vineyard and makes wine.
        
  
     {Wine measure}, the measure by which wines and other spirits
        are sold, smaller than beer measure.
  
     {Wine merchant}, a merchant who deals in wines.
  
     {Wine of opium} (Pharm.), a solution of opium in aromatized
        sherry wine, having the same strength as ordinary
        laudanum; -- also {Sydenham's laudanum}.
  
     {Wine press}, a machine or apparatus in which grapes are
        pressed to extract their juice.
  
     {Wine skin}, a bottle or bag of skin, used, in various
        countries, for carrying wine.
  
     {Wine stone}, a kind of crust deposited in wine casks. See
        1st {Tartar}, 1.
  
     {Wine vault}.
        (a) A vault where wine is stored.
        (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables;
            a dramshop. --Dickens.
  
     {Wine vinegar}, vinegar made from wine.
  
     {Wine whey}, whey made from milk coagulated by the use of
        wine.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spirituous
       adj : containing or of the nature of alcohol; "spiritous
             beverages"; "spirituous liquors" [syn: {spiritous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "spirituous":
     air-built, airy, alcoholic, ardent, chimerical, cloud-built,
     dreamlike, ethereal, fanciful, fatuitous, fatuous, gaseous,
     gossamery, hard, illusory, imaginary, phantomlike, rarefied,
     shadowy, strong, subtile, subtle, tenuous, unreal, vaporous,
     vinous, windy, winy, with a kick