单词 | ava |
释义 | avan. In the islands of the Pacific: a species of Cordyline from which an intoxicating liquor is made; the liquor itself; (gen.) any intoxicating spirit. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > other alcoholic drinks > [noun] > others stitch-broth1635 Cherellya1640 rug1653 steel-nose1654 pope's-milka1661 Northdown1670 purl royal1675 sweetsa1679 forty-ninea1713 huggle-my-buff1756 slug1756 gunpowder1765 guarapo1772 peachy1781 all nations1785 anti-fogmatic1789 soma1827 ava1831 native1832 tap1832 stone fence1844 slap-bang1845 Angostura1856 jake1910 tepache1926 pruno1936 muratina1968 makkoli1970 alcopop1996 1831 D. Tyerman & G. Bennet Voy. & Trav. II. xxix. 43 Drinking ava, a rank inebriating spirit. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xx. 489 The dark green knotted stem of the Ava,—so famous in former days for its powerful intoxicating effects. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xx. 491 All the ava (as the natives call all ardent spirits) was poured on the ground. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2018). avaava'phr. Scottish. Of all; at all. ΚΠ 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 145 (Jam.) She neither kent spinning nor carding, Nor brewing nor baking ava'. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 280 This pleas'd them warst ava. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1831phr.1768 |
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