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spirituous a. 含有酒精成份的 含有酒精成份的 spirituous adj 1: containing or of the nature of alcohol; " spiritous beverages"; " spirituous liquors" [ synonym: { spirituous}, { spiritous}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic ( esp. distilled) spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; as, spirituous liquors. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Lively; gay; vivid; airy. [ Obs.] -- Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster] The mind of man is of that spirituous, stirring nature, that it is perpetually at work. -- South. [ 1913 Webster]
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}.] [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. -- Prov. xx. 1. [ 1913 Webster] Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication. [ 1913 Webster] Noah awoke from his wine. -- Gen. ix. 24. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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
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