| 单词 | citron water |
| 释义 | > as lemmascitron water citron water n. now historical a cordial or liqueur flavoured with, or liquor distilled from, citron or lemon peel; spec. = sense A. 4; cf. Barbados-water n. at Barbados n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > brandy flavoured with peel citron water1657 orange brandy1700 citron1709 1657 R. Turner tr. A. Massaria De Morbis Fœmineis xii. 151 Take Citron water, Violet water, of each 6. Ounces. 1684 W. Russell Physical Treat. iii. 78 If great Restlesness hapned, through want of Sleep, I administred ten grains of Salt of Hartshorn purified, and dissolved in Cytron-Water, or White-Wine Posset-Drink. 1707 Gen. Remark on Trade 7 July Foreign Commodities Arriv'd... Berbadoes, 2 gallons Citron-Water. 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little ii. iii. 152 The Lady..had Recourse to the common Consolation of Female Sorrows, and tried to drown them in Citron Waters. 1894 Nation 11 Oct. 267/3 The citron-water, with an infusion of quinine, is a famous remedy for malarial fever. 1911 C. M. Parsons Quaker Cross xxiv. 297 There were..bottles of citron water, Madeira ale and brandy. 1986 C. E. Vaughan & V. Ingman tr. P. Pascon Capitalism & Agric. in Haouz Marrakesh i. 57 Sugar..was widely used in Marrakesh for various beverages made of mint, verbena, absinthe, and citron water. < as lemmas |
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