strong-water
strong-water is the alternative form of strong water.
Meaning of strong water
Noun
strong water (plural strong waters)
- A strong solvent, (particularly) nitric acid.
- A strong drink, (particularly) distilled spirits.
- Now, if there be six Coppers, the first two are thinnest and biggest, in which the juyce is first boiled; but not by a very strong fire, for that will make the Scum to rise, by casting in Temper, as they call it: the first of which that ariseth is little worth; but afterwards, what is scum'd off...1672, William Hughes, The American Physitian..., pages 33-34
Forms of strong-water
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Questions about strong-water
- What is strong-water the alternative form of?
- Strong-water is the alternative form of strong water.
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