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proof spirit
noun
- an alcoholic liquor, or mixture of alcohol and water, containing a standard amount of alcohol. In the U.S. proof spirit has a specific gravity of .93353 (containing one half of its volume of alcohol of a specific gravity of .7939 at 60掳 F). In Britain proof spirit has a specific gravity of .91984.
proof spirit
noun
- (in Britain and Canada) a mixture of alcohol and water or an alcoholic beverage that contains 49.28 per cent of alcohol by weight, 57.1 per cent by volume at 51掳F: up until 1980 used as a standard of alcoholic liquids
- (in the US) a similar standard mixture containing 50 per cent of alcohol by volume at 60掳F
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of proof spirit1
Example Sentences
Thousands of bottles of the 80 proof spirit were broken and strewn across the highway and in a nearby ditch.
What is known as 鈥減roof spirit鈥 is obtained by mixing nearly equal weights of pure alcohol and water, the quantity of pure alcohol being in bulk about 57% of the whole.
Steep it in brandy or proof spirit, for a fortnight, shaking it each day.
When just enough alcohol was present to set fire to the powder, it was said to be 鈥減roof spirit.鈥
The chief engineer of the ship prepared a number of bottles with proof spirit, in which a lot of these scorpions and centipedes were preserved, and which were secured by passengers curious in such matters.
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