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seltzer|ˈsɛltzə(r)|
Also 8 selters, 9 selzer.
[Alteration of G. Selterser, f. Selters, the name of a village in Hesse-Nassau, Prussia. Cf. F. seltz, selz.]
(In full seltzer-water.) An effervescent mineral water obtained near Nieder-Selters, containing sodium chloride and small quantities of sodium, calcium, and magnesium carbonates. Also an artificial mineral water of similar composition.
1741Pott in Phil. Trans. XLI. 618 To drink the Selters Water, and keep to a cooling Regimen. 1775Sheridan St. Patrick's Day i. i, Then she was such a hand at making foreign waters!—for Seltzer, Pyrmont, Islington, or Chalybeate, she never had her equal. 1784Cullen tr. Bergman's Phys. & Chem. Ess. I. 242 Seltzer water..excites upon the tongue a taste gently salt, and mildly alkaline. 1847Mrs. Gore Castles in Air xix, Neither soda-water, however, nor seltzer-water..inspired me with courage to look Sir Robert in the face. 1871M. Collins Marq. & Merch. l. ix. 277 A great gulp of brandy and seltzer. |