单词 | aniseed water |
释义 | > as lemmasaniseed water aniseed water n. now chiefly historical an alcoholic spirit flavoured with aniseed; cf. anisette n. ΚΠ 1623 G. Markham Countrey Contentments, or Eng. Huswife (new ed.) i. 22 Boyle it with prunes and violets in fennell water or Anniseed water. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) In distilling the Annis-seed for the Oil; there is procured a limpid Water call'd Annis-seed Water; which has much the same Virtues with the Oil. 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield xiii. 137 I am sure I tasted aniseed water, anchovy sauce, and salad dressing. 1992 D. Kitto & E. Spottiswood tr. D. Maraini Silent Duchess (2000) 119 Its cargo of..slices of water-melon, bottles of aniseed water. < as lemmas |
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