orange flower water
- a distilled infusion of orange blossom, used in cakes, confectionery, etc
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Examples from the Web for orange flower water
Historical Examples
You may toast some thin slices of white bread, and dip them in sack or orange-flower-water, and pour your cream over them.
Old Cookery Books and Ancient CuisineWilliam Carew Hazlitt
Which you may season with Sugar and Rose or Orange-flower-water, and let it stand till it be cold, and gellied.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight OpenedKenelm Digby
Which you may season with Sugar and Rose or Orange-flower-water and let it stand till it be cold, and gellied.
The Old English HerbalsEleanour Sinclair Rohde
Beat them exceedingly with a little (scarce a spoonful) of Orange-flower-water.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight OpenedKenelm Digby