noyau
/nwʌˈjəʊ
/noun (plural noyaux /nwʌˈjəʊz/) [mass noun]
A liqueur made of brandy flavoured with fruit kernels.It was a cordial or a brandy-based liqueur flavoured with almonds, peach, cherry, or apricot kernels, or soft fruits; similar to noyau, a word which came into use in the late 18th century and largely supplanted ratafia.
Origin
French, literally 'kernel', based on Latin nux, nuc- 'nut'.
- Beaverton
- be a wake-up
- be away
- be away laughing
- be a weight off one's mind
- be banging (or knocking) one's head against a brick wall
- be barking up the wrong tree
- be beaten at the post
- be beforehand with
- be better than a poke in the eye with a sharp (or burnt) stick
- be better than nothing
- be bitten by the —— bug
- be blown off course
- bebop
- bebopper
- be borne in on (or upon)
- be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
- be bouncing off the walls
- be brought to bed
- be browned off
- be built like a brick shithouse
- be bumping along the bottom
- be burned at the stake
- BEC
- be called (or go) to the Bar