n. [ OE. licour, licur, OF. licur, F. liqueur, fr. L. liquor, fr. liquere to be liquid. See Liquid, and cf. Liqueur. ]
☞ The U. S. Pharmacopoeia includes, in this class of preparations, all aqueous solutions without sugar, in which the substance acted on is wholly soluble in water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is gaseous or very volatile, as in the aquæ or waters. U. S. Disp. [ 1913 Webster ]
Labarraque's liquor (Old Chem.),
Liquor of flints,
Liquor silicum
Liquor of Libavius. (Old Chem.)
Liquor sanguinis (Physiol.),
Liquor thief,
To be in liquor,
v. t.
Liquor fishermen's boots. Shak.
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n. See Licorice. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Lickerish. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Eagerly desirous. See Lickerish. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]