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spirits of wine

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spirits of wine
n
(Chemistry) (functioning as singular or plural) another name for alcohol [1]
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Noun1.spirits of wine - rectified ethyl alcohol
ethanol, ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol - the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline


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Barbicane calculated the quantity of spirits of wine overflowed into the little vial soldered to the lower part of the instrument, and said:
Round The Moon by Verne, Jules View in context
The successive mountain ranges appeared like dim shadows, and the setting sun cast on the woodland a yellow gleam, much like that produced by the flame of spirits of wine.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
You have only to wash his face and his leg in spirits of wine, and you will find that he is the same old Silver Blaze as ever.
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