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Spiritous   Listen
adjective
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



... kind, are in England, the tax upon hawkers and pedlars, that upon hackney-coaches and chairs, and that which the keepers of ale-houses pay for a licence to retail ale and spiritous liquors. During the late war, another tax of the same kind was proposed upon shops. The war having been undertaken, it was said, in defence of the trade of the country, the merchants, who were to profit by it, ought to contribute towards the ...
— An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations • Adam Smith
... to stay with us day and night. The guide took us out for a bat last night, and dad had the time of his life. Dad has drank a good deal of spiritous and malt liquors in his time, but I don't think he ever indulged much in champagne at three or four dollars a bottle at home. Maybe he has been saving himself up till he got over here, where champagne is cheap and it takes several ...
— Peck's Bad Boy Abroad • George W. Peck


Words linked to "Spiritous" :   alcoholic, spirituous


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