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rectified spirit

British

noun

chem a constant-boiling mixture of ethanol and water, containing 95.6 per cent ethanol

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She has styled her hair with rice starch and rectified spirit.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2013

Lastly, with another brush dipped in rectified spirit of wine, go over the place, and the grease will no longer appear, neither will the paper be discoloured.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

Take one drachm of the best oil of lemon, and two ounces of strong rectified spirit.

From The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous

Eight pounds of No. 24 tuberose pomatum, cut up very fine, is to be placed into 1 gallon of the best rectified spirit.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

The most efficacious preparations of them are, the distilled oil, and a tincture or extract made with rectified spirit.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury

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