liquefactive 
liquefactiye (lik - we -fak ' tiv), a. [< liquefac- 
t(ion) + -ioe.] Pertaining to or producing li- 
quefaction . 
The more longitudinal and diffuse gummous infiltrations 
undergo liquffactive ulceration much more slowly. 
Med. News, LIII. 507. 
liquefiable (lik'we-fl-a-bl), a. [< F. liquefiable; 
as liquefy + -able.'} Capable of being lique- 
fied, melted, or changed to a liquid state. 
liquefier (lik'we-fl-er), n. One who or that 
which liquefies. 
liquefy (lik'we-fi), . ; pret. and pp. liquefied, 
ppr. liquefying. [< OF. liquefier, F. liquefier,< L. 
liquefieri, become liquid, pass off, liquefacere (> 
It. liquefare), make liquid, melt, < liquere, be 
fluid or liquid, +facere (pass, fieri), make : see 
liquid and -fy. Cf. liquefacient.] I. trans. To 
make liquid; melt, as a solid, or compress, as a 
gas, into a liquid state. 
Their stony ribs 
And min'ral bowels, liquified by fire, 
O'erwhelm the fields, by Nature left unbless'd. 
Glover, Athenaid, i. 
II. intrans. To become liquid. 
The disposition not to liquefie proceedeth from the easie 
emission of the spirits, whereby the grosser parts contract. 
Bacon, Nat. Hist., 840. 
The blood of St. Januarius liquefied at the approach of 
the saint's head. Addison, Travels in Italy. 
liquescence, liquescency (li-kwes'ens, -en-si), 
n. [= Sp. licuesceneia ; as tiqiiescen(t) '4- -ce, 
-ey."] The condition of being liquescent; apt- 
ness to melt ; the state of becoming liquid. 
liquescent (li-kwes'ent), a. [= Sp. licuescente, 
< L. liquseen(t-)s, ppr. of liquescere (> Pg. li- 
queseer), become fluid, < liquere, be fluid: see 
liquid.] Having a tendency to liquefy; melt- 
ing; becoming liquid: as, a substance natu- 
rally liquescent. 
At the end of our path a liquescent 
And nebulous lustre was born. Poe, Ulalume. 
liqueur (li-ker'), . [P.: see liquor, .] 1. 
An alcoholic drink, usually sweet and of high 
flavor and perfume ; a cordial. 
Bitters form a class of liqueurs by themselves, claiming 
to possess certain tonic properties and a medicinal value. 
Encyc. Brit., XIV. 686. 
Especially (a) A strong and sweet wine like those grown 
In some southern places, such as Lunel, Alicant, and Cy- 
prus, which are also called liqueur wines. (f>) A spirituous 
compound based upon brandy or pure alcohol, and wholly 
artificial in its composition. These liqueurs are in a cer- 
tain sense the successors of those of the middle ages, which 
were supposed to be universal remedies. Their modern 
use is almost exclusively the gratification of the palate. 
See curacao, Benedictine, chartreuse, maraschino, eau-de- 
vie de Dantzig (under eau-de-vie), anisette, and cordial. 
liiqueurs may be distinguished as of three qualities : 
first, the ratafias, or simple liqueurs, in which the sugar, 
the alcohol, and the aromatic substances are in small 
quantities; such are anise-water, noyau, the apricot 
cherry, <Sc., ratafias. The second are the oils or fine li- 
queurs, with more saccharine and spirituous matter, as the 
anisette, curacoa, &c. The third are the creams or super- 
fine liqueurs, as rosoglio, maraschino, Danzig water, &c. 
Pop. Encyc. 
(c) A mixture prepared for the purpose of dosing champagne, 
the effervescence and sweetness of the wine depending 
much upon its composition. It consists either of wine or 
of fine brandy, or of a mixture of the two, with pure rock- 
candy dissolved in it. 
2. Same as liqueur-glass. 
liqueur-cup (li-ker'kup), n. A very small gob- 
let, usually of silver or of silver gilt, used for 
the same purpose as a cordial-glass. 
liqueur-glass (li-ker'glas), n. A very small 
drinking-glass intended for liqueurs or cor- 
dials; a cordial-glass. 
liqueuring (li-ker'ing), n. [< liqueur + -ing.'} 
The process of qualifying wine by means of 
liqueur, as in the making of champagne. 
The liqueuring is regulated by a machine, by which the 
quantity is measured to a nicety. 
Encyc. Brit., XXIV. 606. 
liquiblet, [ME., appar. 
ble.'] A fusible metal. 
Luiu, ^j.. wji.i. -y it ur /*, now, run. j 
Composed of particles that move freely 
among each other on the slightest pressure ; of 
a fluid consistence ; flowing, or capable of flow- 
ing; not fixed or solid. 
Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid flre ! 
Shak., Othello, v. 2. 280. 
The fields of liquid air, enclosing all 
Surround the compass of this earthly ball 
Dryden, tr. of Ovid's iletamorph., i. 60. 
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Hence 2. Clear or transparent, like a liquid : 
as. lit/uid eyes; liquid depths. 3. Tearful. 
She . . . turned her face, and cast 
A (//"/'/ look on Ida, full of prayer. 
Tennyson, Princess, iv. 
4. Sounding smoothly or agreeably to the ear ; 
devoid of harshness : as, liquid melody. 
Lull with Amelia's liquid name the Nine. 
Pope, Imit. of Horace, II. i. 81. 
Make liquid treble of that bassoon, my throat. 
Tennyson, Princess, ii. 
5. Pronounced with a smoothly sonorous and 
freely continuable sound: as, a liquid letter. 
See II., 2 Liquid ammonia. See ammonia,' 1. Li- 
quid confections. See confection. Liquid debt, (o) 
In Scots law, a debt the amount of which is ascertained 
and constituted against the debtor, either by a written 
obligation or by the decree of a court. (6) See debt 
Liquid glue, measure, etc. See the nouns. Liquid 
verb, in Or. gram., a verb the stem of which ends in a 
liquid (A, n, v, p\ 
II. n. 1. A substance of which the molecules, 
while not tending to separate from one another 
like those of a gas, readily change their relative 
position, and which therefore retains no definite 
form, except that determined by the containing 
receptacle ; an inelastic fluid. The differentiation 
of a liquid as an incompressible fluid is not strictly correct, 
experiment having shown that liquids are compressible 
to a very limited extent See fluid. 
2. In gram., a smoothly flowing sound or letter. 
The name liquids (vypa, sc. o-u^wca or a-Toixeia, vypd be- 
ing neuter plural of vypdt, liquid, pliant, easy) was given by 
Greek grammarians, as early as the second century B. o., 
to I, m, n, r (A, /*, >, p) that is, to consonants not mutes or 
sibilants on account of their smooth and flowing sound 
and the pliancy with which they coalesce in pronunciation 
with a preceding mute. It was adopted by Roman gram- 
marians (liguidas, sc. consonantes or literae), and has since 
remained in common use. The classification is not now 
approved as scientific, and is obsolescent. Amnlotic li- 
quid. See amniotic. Burnett's liquid, a solution of zinc 
chlorid, used by Sir William Burnett, for preserving tim- 
ber, canvas, and cordage from dry-rot, mildew, etc. It 
is also employed as an antiseptic to preserve dead bodies, 
and for disinfecting hospitals, ships, etc. Diffusion of 
liquids. See diffusion. Dutch liquid. See Dutch. 
liquidable (Hk'wi-da-bl), a. [= F. liquidable 
= Sp. liquidable; as liquid(ate) + -able.'] Ca- 
pable of being liquidated. 
Liquidambar (lik'wid-am'bar), n. [NL. ( Lin- 
nseus), < L. liquidus, liquid, +'ML. ambar, ambra, 
amber: see liquid aivl amber 2 .'] 1. A genus of 
dicotyledonous trees of the natural order Ha- 
mamelide<e, distinguished by monoecious flow- 
ers without petals, growing in heads and sur- 
rounded by an involucre of four bracts. The 
carpels of the fruit are tipped by long, persistent styles, 
and the leaves are palmately lobed and deciduous. There 
are two species one, L. orientale of Asia Minor, furnish- 
ing the balsam called liquid storax; the other, L. Styraci- 
flua of the warmer parts of North America, extending as far 
: seeliqua- 
ge schal vndirstonde that wiyn not aloonly holdith in it 
the propirtees of gold, but myche more the propirtees of 
alle liquiMes. Boole of Quinte Essence (ed. Furnivali), p. 7. 
liquid (lik' wid), a. and n. [< ME. liquide, < OF. 
liquor 
liquidamber (lik'wid-am"ber), n. Same as 
liqiiidanibar, 2. 
liquidate (lik'wi-dat), v. t.; pret. and pp. li- 
quidated, ppr. liquidating. [< ML. liquidalus, 
pp. of Kquidare (> It. liquidare = Pg. Sp. li- 
quidar = F. liquider), make liquid, make clear, 
clarify, < L. liquidus, liquid: see liquid, a.~\ 1. 
To make clear or plain ; clarify ; free from ob- 
scurity. [Obsolete or rare.] 
A senseless jumble, soon liquidated by a more egregious 
act of folly, the King with his own hand crowning the 
young Duke of Warwick King of the Isle of Wight. 
W alptile, Anecdotes of Painting, I. ii. 
All new laws . . . are considered as more or less ob- 
scure and equivocal until their meaning be liquidated and 
ascertained by a series of particular discussions and ad- 
judications. Madison, The Federalist, No. xxxvii. 
2. To clear up ; reduce to order or precision ; 
settle the particulars of; adjust: as, to liqui- 
date the affairs of a bankrupt firm. See liqui- 
dation. 3. To clear off; settle; pay: as, to 
liquidate a debt or a mortgage. 4. To make 
less harsh and offensive: as, to liquidate the 
harshness of sound. Imp. Diet Liquidated 
damages. See damage. 
liquidation (lik-wi-da'shon), n. [= F. liquida- 
tion = Sp. liquidacion = Pg. liquidag&o = It. 
liquidazione, < ML. as if *liquidatio(n-), < liqui- 
dare, pp. liquidatus, liquidate : see liquidate."] 
The act of liquidating; the act of adjusting 
debts, or ascertaining their amount or the bal- 
ance of them due. In a more general sense, the act 
or operation of winding up the affairs of a firm or com- 
pany by getting in the assets, settling with its debtors and 
creditors, and apportioning the amount of each partner's 
or shareholder's profit or loss, etc. Signing in liquida- 
tion, the act of the partner who is intrusted with the 
business of liquidation, in signing for the firm when neces- 
sary for that purpose. It is indicated by his writing the 
name of the firm and adding the words in liquidation. 
To go into liquidation, to refrain from new business, 
and continue business only for the purpose of getting in 
the assets, paying obligations, and dividing the surplus, 
if any. 
liquidator (lik'wi-da-tor), n. [= F. liquidates 
= Sp. liquidador; as liquidate + -or."] One who 
or that which liquidates or settles ; specifically, 
in Great Britain, in com., an officer appointed 
to conduct the winding up of the affairs of a 
firm or company, to bring and defend actions 
and suits in its name, and to do all necessary 
acts on behalf of the firm or company : called a 
receiver in the United States. 
liquidise, v. t. Sec liquidize. 
liquidity (li-kwid'i-ti), n. [= F. liquidity = 
It. liquiditcl, < LL. liquidita(t-)s, liquidity, < L. 
KquiduSj liquid: see liquid, .] 1. The state 
or quality of being liquid; fluid consistence; 
capacity of flowing freely. 
The spirits, for their liquidity, are more uncapable then 
the fluid medium, which is the conveyer of sounds, to per- 
severe in the continued repetition of vocal airs. 
Qlanville, Vanity of Dogmatizing, iv. 
2. The quality of being smooth, flowing, and 
agreeable : said of sound, music, etc. 
Branch of LiquMambar Styracfffua. 
north as Connecticut, Ohio, etc., abundant and at its best 
on bottom-lands in the South. The latter is a large tree 
with handsome, shining, star-shaped leaves. In hot regions 
it exudes agum, sometimes called copofrn(anamealso given 
to the tree) or copal-balsam, used in the preparation of chew- 
ing-gum, and to some extent in medicine as a substitute 
forstorax. The tree is variously named sweet-gum, star- 
leafed yum, liquid-amber (liquidamber) or amber red-gum 
mid busted, as well as copalm. From the corky ridges of its 
branches, it has been called alliyatar-tree. Fossil remains 
of the genus are found in the Tertiary deposits of Europe 
Greenland, Alaska, California, and Colorado, and also in 
Japan, and one species occurs in the Cretaceous of Kansas 
and Nebraska. Sixteen fossil species have been described. 
2. [I. c.] A tree of this genus. 
[Bare.] 
liquidly (lik'wid-li), adv. In a liquid or flow- 
ing manner ; smoothly ; flowingly. 
liquidness (lik'wid-nes), n. The state or qual- 
ity of being liquid ; fluency. 
liquidpgenic (lik"wi-do-jen'ik), a. [< L. liqui- 
OMS, liquid, + / gen, produce, + -if.] Giving 
rise to liquids or forming fluid substances. 
[Rare.] 
It is suggested, as a working hypothesis, that fluids are 
formed of molecular groups which may be called liquido- 
genic molecules. Nature, XXXVIII. 91. 
liquid-refrigerator (lik'wid-re-frij"e-ra-tor), n. 
In brewing, an apparatus for 'cooling wort; a 
wort-refrigerator. It consists of a shallow tank, or a 
series of such tanks, through which is laid a pipe for cold 
water, the circulation of which cools the wort. 
liquor (lik'or; L. pron. li'kwor), n. [Early mod. 
E. also liquoure; the spelling with qu is a mod. 
accom. to the prig. L., without change of the 
reg.E. pronunciation ; < ME. licottr,lycour,licure, 
Hour, < AF. licur, OF. licor, licour, liqueur, UJceitr, 
F. liqueur = Sp. Pg. licor = It. liquore, < L. li- 
quor, fluidity, liquidness, a fluid, a liquid, < 
liquere, be fluid or liquid: see liquid.] 1. A 
liquid or fluid substance, as water, milk, blood, 
sap, etc. 
This flooring wol be blak and wynter warme, 
And lycrmre shedde. 
Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. IS. 
From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, 
While China's earth receives the smoking tide. 
Pope, R. of the L., iii. 109. 
