rectified spirit
Britishnoun
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She has styled her hair with rice starch and rectified spirit.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 12, 2013
Eight pounds of No. 24 tuberose pomatum, cut up very fine, is to be placed into 1 gallon of the best rectified spirit.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
Methylated spirit consists of rectified spirit with 10 per cent. of wood spirit.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson
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 P. Gerald (Percy Gerald) Sanford
It yields its virtues partially to water, and entirely to rectified spirit of wine.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
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