overproof

American  

[oh-ver-proof] / ˈoʊ vərˈpruf /

adjective

1. containing a greater proportion of alcohol than proof spirit does.

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Etymology

Origin of overproof

First recorded in 1800–10; over- + proof

Example Sentences

The rectified spirit of the Pharmacopœia is 56 per cent. overproof, and may be reduced to proof by strictly adhering to the directions there given, viz., to mix five measures with three of water.

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

They might be forty overproof and played by forty bands, and every darned piccolo of them out of tune, if only we were making money.

From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

Add the overproof per centage of the given spirit to 100, as before; and with the number thus obtained divide 4062.183.

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

The Excise rule is as follows:— To reduce from any given strength to any required strength, add the overproof per centage to 100, or subtract the underproof per centage from 100.

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

Example.—How much spirit at 54 per cent. overproof is equal to 1 equivalent of absolute alcohol?

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