vi'num

See -wine, spiritus vin i. 1. Alcohol. 2. Brandy, spiritus vin i depuratus. Alcohol obtained by distillation of brandy, spiritus vin i dilutus. Dilute alcohol, spiritus vin i gallic i. Of the U. S. Ph., brandy which must be at least 4 years old. v. adustum. Brandy, v. album. White wine; any wine of light color, made from white grapes or from dark grapes fermented apart from the skins and seeds (marc) containing 8.5 to 15 per cent, of alcohol [U. S. Ph.]. v. album fortius. A mixture of white wine with one-seventh as much alcohol [U. S. Ph., 1880]. V. a rom at i cum. A preparation made by extracting lavender flowers, peppermint, rosemary, sage leaves, and the herbs of wormwood and origanum with stronger white wine. v. portense. Port wine. v. rubrum. Red wine; any wine of deep red color made from black grapes fermented with the skins and seeds (marc) containing 8.5 to 15 per cent, of alcohol [U. S. Ph.]. v. stibiatum. Wine of antimony. v. thebaicum. Wine of opium, v. xerense, v. xericum. Sherry wine [Br. Ph.]. [Lat., vinum, wine.]