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One who serves liquor; a tapster.

Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing.

Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor. Shak.

Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man. That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name. Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety. Public sobriety is a relative duty. Blackstone.

d flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence.

ir sours many substances. So the sun's heat, with different powers, Ripens the grape, the liquor sours. Swift.

To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce; as, sparkling wine.

Rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and other distilled liquors having much alcohol, in distinction from wine and malt liquors.

(esp. distilled) spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; as, spirituous liquors.

rived by a fistula, or spout, at the head. Sir T. Browne. From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide. Pope.

To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt. Thus the small jet, which hasty hands unlock, Spurts in the gardener's eyes who turns the cock. Pope.

d as a mordant in calico printing and dyeing; -- formerly called spirit of tin, or fuming liquor of Libavius. -- Stannic oxide, tin oxide, SnO2, produced artificially as a white amorphous powder, and occurring naturally in the mineral cassiterite. It is used in the manufacture of white enamels, and, under the name of…

in the distillation of liquids; specifically, one used for the distillation of alcoholic liquors; a retort. The name is sometimes applied to the whole apparatus used in in vaporization and condensation.

An apartment in a house where liquors, preserves, and the like, are kept. [Eng.] Floors are rubbed bright, . . . stillroom and kitchen cleared for action. Dickens.

Old beer; sharp or strong liquor. [Old Slang] Shall I set a cup of old stingo at your elbow Addison.

A vessel of liquor; a flagon. [Written also stoup.] Fetch me a stoop of liquor. Shak.

A strong malt liquor; strong porter. Swift.

Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. [Slang]

egree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.