liquor

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To think that the hiding-place for his liquor was the unused, almost unknown, cellar of that very church, built a hundred years before as a refuge from the Indians, which he had reached by digging a tunnel from the shore to its secret passage!

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  1. noun An alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than by fermentation.
  2. noun A rich broth resulting from the prolonged cooking of meat or vegetables, especially greens. Also called pot liquor.
  3. noun An aqueous solution of a nonvolatile substance.

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  1. Middle English licour, a liquid, from Old French, from Latin liquor, from liquēre, to be liquid.

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  1. Early modern English also liquoure; the spelling with qu is a modern accommodation to the orig. L., without change of the reg. English pronunciation; from Middle English licour, lycour, licure, licur, from Anglo-French licur, Old French licor, licour, liqueur, likeur, French liqueur = Spanish Portuguese licor = Italian liquore, from Latin liquor, fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid, from liquere, be fluid or liquid: see liquid.
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/ˈlɪkər/
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