spirits of wine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of spirits of wine
First recorded in 1745–55
Example Sentences
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“It is almost seventy years old and preserved in spirits of wine. I am afraid it will disintegrate if we remove it.”
From Literature
The fuel used consisted exclusively of spirits of wine, the cocoa, or pemmican soup, being cooked in an iron pot over a shallow lamp with seven wicks.
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What a panic seized me," he says himself, "when I saw the water under me like blue flames of burning spirits of wine!
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The timber is used for making bedsteads, &c., while from the roots a dark transparent gum may be procured, which, when dissolved with spirits of wine, forms an excellent varnish.
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If damp has only just commenced its attack, the part affected should first be touched with a wash of spirits of wine, and when dry with a very weak solution of oxalic acid.
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