proof spirit


noun
  1. an alcoholic liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing a standard amount of alcohol. In the U.S. proof spirit has a specific gravity of .93353 (containing one half of its volume of alcohol of a specific gravity of .7939 at 60° F). In Britain proof spirit has a specific gravity of .91984.

Origin of proof spirit

1
First recorded in 1735–45

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British Dictionary definitions for proof spirit

proof spirit

noun
  1. (in Britain and Canada) a mixture of alcohol and water or an alcoholic beverage that contains 49.28 per cent of alcohol by weight, 57.1 per cent by volume at 51°F: up until 1980 used as a standard of alcoholic liquids

  2. (in the US) a similar standard mixture containing 50 per cent of alcohol by volume at 60°F

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