单词 | liquoring |
释义 | liquoringadj. Commerce. Of tea: That produces (a specified kind of) liquor. (Cf. liquor n. 5.) ΚΠ 1891 Times 13 Oct. 9/3 Tea..Undesirable liquoring sorts were rather lower. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Aug. 7/1 Useful liquoring teas show an advance of a farthing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2018). > as lemmasˈliquoring ˈliquoring n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > oiliness > lubricity or oiliness and slipperiness > lubrication liquoring1502 lubrifaction1542 lubrification1692 lubricating1775 lubrication1802 1502 in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 37 A barrell of greese..for the licoryng of the Quenes barehydes. 1874 W. Crookes Pract. Handbk. Dyeing iv. 47 By this alternate steaming and liquoring, the goods are much more thoroughly cleansed than [etc.]. 1889 C. Booth Labour & Life People I. ii. vi. 375 ‘Liquoring’ is the preliminary process to which the [tobacco] leaf is subjected, and consists in sprinkling it with pure water by means of a spray [etc.]. 1896 G. M. Stisted True Life R. F. Burton xi. 267 A stroll..enlivened by an occasional liquoring up with a new acquaintance. < adj.1891 as lemmas |
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