rectified spirit

British

noun

chem a constant-boiling mixture of ethanol and water, containing 95.6 per cent ethanol

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She has styled her hair with rice starch and rectified spirit.

From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2013

Methylated spirit consists of rectified spirit with 10 per cent. of wood spirit.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

The day before operation the skin, after being washed with soap and water, is shaved, dehydrated by means of methylated spirit, and then painted with a 5 per cent. solution of iodine in rectified spirit.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Water elevates their flavour in distillation; and rectified spirit extracts it by infusion.

From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by Salisbury, William

Sugar may be separated from the other impurities by treating the residue insoluble in ether or benzene with rectified spirit, in which sugar and boric acid alone will dissolve.

From Nitro-Explosives: A Practical Treatise by Sanford, P. Gerald (Percy Gerald)

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