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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

L.—In distillation with water, the leaves of bay yield a small quantity of very fragrant essential oil; with rectified spirit, they afford a moderately warm pungent extract.

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

Saffron imparts the whole of its virtue and colour to rectified spirit, proof spirit, wine, vinegar, and water: a tincture used to be drawn with vinegar, but it looses greatly its colour in keeping.

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

The alcohol is made sufficiently pure by starting with rectified spirit and digesting it in a tin flask over quick-lime for several days, a reversed condenser being attached.

From On Laboratory Arts by Threlfall, Richard

Take one drachm of the best oil of lemon, and two ounces of strong rectified spirit.

From The New England Cook Book, or Young Housekeeper's Guide Being a Collection of the Most Valuable Receipts; Embracing all the Various Branches of Cookery, and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner by Anonymous

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