liquor

(lik’or), v. [ To moisten; drench. The stranger reply’d, ‘‘ I'll liquor thy hide, If thou offer’st to touch the string.” Robin Hood and Little John (Child’s Ballads, V. 217). 2t. To rub with oil or grease; anoint; lubricate. Cart-wheels squeak not when they are liquored. Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 117. If it should come to the ear of the court.. they would melt me out of my fat drop by drop, and liquor fishermen’s boots with me. hak., M. W. of W., iv. 5. 100.; 3. To treat with a liquor; apply liquor or a ) solution to, as in various manufacturing operations. Liquoring sugar, in refineries, consists in pouring on the top of the molds a solution of pure sugar, which, percolating through, removes all remaining coloring matter. by this alternate steaming and liquoring, the goods are thoroughly cleansed. W. Crookes, Dyeing and Calico-printing, p. 47. 4. To give liquor to; supply with liquor for drinking. [Obsolete or colloq.] } O, the musicians, Master Edward, call ’em in, and liquor ‘em a little. Middle ton (?), Puritan, v. 1. II. in trans. To drink; especially, to drink spirits: often with up. ([Slang.] If he had said ‘‘ Come, boys, pea up!” they would have thought his manner perfect; but he bowed blandly to Jake Hogan, and said, “Have something to drink, won't you?” E. Eggleston, The Graysons, xix. liquor-gage (lik’ or-gaj), ». A gagers’ measuring-rod for ascertaining the depth of liquid in a cask or tank, liquorice, ». See licorice. liquorish}}, liquorishlyt, etc. Obsolete spellings of lickerish, ete. liquorish?+, x. An obsolete form of licorice.