liquor
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
liquor /ˈlɪkə/
▶noun
- 1 alcoholic drink, especially spirits.
- 2 water used in brewing.
- 3 liquid that has been produced in or used for cooking.
- 4 the liquid from which a substance has been crystallized or extracted.
- 1 (be/get liquored up) N. Amer. informal be or get drunk.
- 2 dress (leather) with grease or oil.
- 3 steep (malt) in water.
– origin ME: from OFr. lic(o)ur, from L. liquor; rel. to liquare ‘liquefy’, liquere ‘be fluid’.
'liquor' also found in these Oxford entries:
abstemious
- barm
- cock-a-hoop
- dop
- fusel oil
- hooch
- John Barleycorn
- liqueur
- malt liquor
- metheglin
- schnapps
- speakeasy
- tippler
