rectified spirit
Britishnoun
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She has styled her hair with rice starch and rectified spirit.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2013
Broadly speaking, British gin is prepared with a highly rectified spirit, whereas in the manufacture of Dutch gin a preliminary rectification is not an integral part of the process.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
D.—Southernwood has a strong, not very disagreeable smell; and a nauseous, pungent, bitter taste; which is totally extracted by rectified spirit, less perfectly by watery liquors.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
It consists of about one-third part pure resin, and two-thirds of gummy matter; the former soluble in rectified spirit, the other in water.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
The flowers of mullein have an agreeable, honeylike sweetness: an extract prepared from them by rectified spirit of wine tastes extremely pleasant.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
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