Part 6570

<h1>Liquidity</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Li*quid"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>liquiditas</ets>, fr. <ets>liquidus</ets> liquid: cf. F. <ets>liquidit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being liquid.</def>

<-- (Finance) the quality of being readily convertible to cash. -->

<h1>Liquidize</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Liq"uid*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Liquidized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Liquidizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To render liquid.</def>

<h1>Liquidly</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Liq"uid*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a liquid manner; flowingly.</def>

<h1>Liquidness</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Liq"uid*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being liquid; liquidity; fluency.</def>

<h1>Liquor</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Liq"uor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>licour</ets>, <ets>licur</ets>, OF. <ets>licur</ets>, F. <ets>liqueur</ets>, fr. L. <ets>liquor</ets>, fr. <ets>liquere</ets> to be liquid. See <er>Liquid</er>, and cf. <er>Liqueur</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Pharm.)</fld> <def>A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from <i>tincture</i> and <i>aqua</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; The U. S. Pharmacopoeia includes, in this class of preparations, all <i>aqueous</i> solutions without sugar, in which the substance acted on is wholly soluble in water, excluding those in which the dissolved matter is gaseous or very volatile, as in the aqu\'91 or waters.</note>

<i>U. S. Disp.</i>

<cs><col>Labarraque's liquor</col> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a solution of an alkaline hypochlorite, as sodium hypochlorite, used in bleaching and as a disinfectant.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Liquor of flints</col>, &or; <col>Liquor silicum</col></mcol> <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld>, <cd>soluble glass; -- so called because formerly made from powdered flints. See <cref>Soluble glass</cref>, under <er>Glass</er>.</cd> -- <col>Liquor of Libavius</col>. <fld>(Old Chem.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Fuming liquor of Libavius</cref>, under <er>Fuming</er>.</cd> -- <col>Liquor sanguinis</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>the blood plasma.</cd> -- <col>Liquor thief</col>, <cd>a tube for taking samples of liquor from a cask through the bung hole.</cd> -- <col>To be in liquor</col>, <cd>to be intoxicated.</cd></cs>

<h1>Liquor</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Liq"uor</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Liquored</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Liquoring</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To supply with liquor.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To grease.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote><b>Liquor</b> fishermen's boots. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<-- liquored up. intoxicated by liquor -->

<h1>Liquorice</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Liq"uor*ice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Licorice</er>.</def>

<h1>Liquorish</h1> <Xpage=858>

<hw>Liq"uor*ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Lickerish</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Liquorous</h1> <Xpage=858>