aqua vitae
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of aqua vitae
1375–1425; late Middle English aqua vite < Latin: water of life; cf. aquavit, whiskey
Example Sentences
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As I understand by report I am much charged with starving the colony, I did always give every man his allowance faithfully, both of corn, oil, aqua vitae, etc., as was by the council proportioned.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
To finish things properly there is still wanting the famous aqua vitae, which we are sorry to state is not in our means to furnish.
From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans
At the tables were seated mostly men, taking coffee or vermouth or aqua vitae, all familiar and easy, without the modern self-consciousness.
From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
I wish I could see their stall and drink aqua vitae with them.
From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
The first is, that it is an essential point to quench the coal of cork in aqua vitae, that the visible ink may become black with it.
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