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Aqua vitae /ˌækwə ˈviːteɪ/ (Latin for "water of life") or
aqua vita is an
archaic name for a
strong aqueous solution of ethanol.
These terms could also...
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eight bolls of malt
given to
Friar John Cor to make
aqua vitae over the
previous year. The term
aqua vitae is
Latin for "water of life" and was the general...
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vitae in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Vitae is a
Latin word,
meaning or
pertaining to life.
Aqua vitae,
archaic name for a
concentrated aqueous...
- In the
hopes of
curing and
freeing her, Yin then
worked to
create the
Aqua Vitae, an
elixir of life that
could impart incredible healing powers and a greatly...
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vodka with "water" is the name of the
medieval alcoholic beverage aqua vitae (Latin, literally, "water of life"),
which is
reflected in
Polish okowita...
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Slavic voda of the same meaning.
Distilled alcohol was
known in
Latin as
aqua vitae ("water of life"). This was
translated into
Middle Irish as
uisce betha[d]...
- it was
written that the head of a clan died
after "taking a
surfeit of
aqua vitae" at Christmas. The
production of
whisky from
malted barley is
first mentioned...
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Aqua fortis (nitric acid) 🜅 (), A.F.
Aqua regia (nitro-hydrochloric acid) 🜆 (), 🜇 (), A.R.
Spirit of wine (concentrated ethanol;
called aqua vitae...
- till he be
three quarters and a dram dead; then
recovered again with
aqua-
vitae or some
other hot infusion; then, raw as he is, and in the
hottest day...
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akvavit to be
named as such. The word
aquavit derives from the
Latin aqua vitae, "water of life."
Compare the
words whisky and whiskey, from
Gaelic uisce...
