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GRAND MARNIER-A cordial, or liqueur, made in France
from oranges.
GRENADINE-A red syrup or cordial, said to be made from
pomegranates; manufactured in France.
KIRSCH or KIRSCHWASSER-A liquor distilled from Eu–
ropean wild cherries, and made in Germany and other cen–
tral European countries.
KUMMEL or KIMMEL-A liquor made generally from
highly rectified alcohol, flavored with cumin (a plant of the
parsley family) and caraway seeds. Before the War it was
manufactured chiefly at Riga, Russia. Voltage, 33.9.
MARASCHINO (pronounced "maraskeeno")-A cordial dis–
tilled from fermented cherries and flavored with bruised
pits.
Deriv.,
Italian,
marasquino.
OJEN-A cordial made in New Orleans, La., and flavored
with absinthe.
ORGEAT-A syrup made in France from sugar, orange
flower water and almonds.
Deriv.,
French, from Latin,
hor–
det,f.m,
barley.
PARFAIT D'AMOUR-A red cordial whose composition
was a proprietary secret, but whose name often assured
those who had a slight acquaintance with French that it
was a sort of"love potion.
RUM-Generally, the name of any alcoholic liquor. Used as
an adjective, colloquial English for "queer" or "peculiar."
Specifically, an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented
molasses, or cane juice. Varieties usually named from coun–
try of origin-Jamaica, Swedish, St. Croix (West Indies),
Cuban-better known as Bacardi or Santiago-and Japa–
nese (usually called Sake and distilled from fermented rice).
Deriv.,
abbreviation of "rumbullion" or "rumbooze." The
latter term is composed of the gypsy word
rom
or
rum,
meaning "good," and "booze," a corruption of the Dutch
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