white liquor
Americannoun
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The milky white liquor is decanted into a copper kettle, made to be poured into copper rice bowls, as a nod to its history as a farmer's alcohol commonly brewed at home with rice.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2023
China’s second-biggest maker of white liquor by market value, gained 2 percent to 32.60 yuan.
From BusinessWeek • Apr. 25, 2011
The kernels of the hickories they beat in a mortar with water, and make a white liquor like milk, from whence they call our milk hickory.
From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert
When you will serve the potage in, pour the white liquor upon the swelled and gellied-bread, and let them stew together a little upon the Coals.
From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by MacDonell, Anne
When the grain bursts easily under the finger, and gives out a milky white liquor when squeezed, it is judged to be sufficiently softened and fermented.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
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