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50 words match “LEMON”

SHERRY n.
h it cheap wine boiled down. Sherry cobbler, a beverage prepared with sherry wine, water, lemon or orange, sugar, ice, etc., and usually imbided through a straw or a glass tube.
SHRUB n.
A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
SOLE n.
pidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species. Lemon, or French, sole (Zoöl.), a European species of sole (Solea pegusa). -- Smooth sole (Zoöl.), the megrim.
SQUEEZER n.
One who, or that which, squeezes; as, a lemon squeezer.
SWIG n.
A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc. [Prov. Eng.]
TAKE v.
p our old trade of conquering." Dryden. (m) To comprise; to include. "The noble poem of Palemon and Arcite . . . takes up seven years." Dryden. (n) To receive, accept, or adopt for the purpose of assisting; to espouse the cause of; to favor. Ps. xxvii.
TARTARIC a.
in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing, photography, etc., and also as a substitute for lemon juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid. (b) By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acid proper is the type.
VALERIAN n.
mell, and is much used in medicine as an antispasmodic. Greek valerian (Bot.), a plant (Polemonium cæruleum) with blue or white flowers, and leaves resembling those of the officinal valerian.
WIENER SCHNITZEL n.
A veal cutlet variously seasoned garnished, often with lemon, sardines, and capers.
ZEST n. 2 definitions
A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.
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