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Spiritous  adj.  
1.
Like spirit; refined; defecated; pure. (R.) "More refined, more spirituous and pure."
2.
Ardent; active. (R.)





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"Spiritous" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the neighbourhood of Sydney are now to be seen, and these are generally in an intoxicated state. Like most savage tribes they are passionately addicted to spiritous liquors, and seek to obtain it by any means in their power. Out of a sugar bag, with a little water, they manage to extract a liquor sufficient to make half a dozen of them tipsy; and in this condition, as I have ...
— Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. • J Lort Stokes
... in which wine, cyder, mead, and all the liquors formed by the spiritous fermentation, are produced, is well known to every one. The juice of grapes or of apples being expressed, and the latter being diluted with water, they are put into large vats, which are kept in a temperature of at ...
— Elements of Chemistry, - In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries • Antoine Lavoisier


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