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Glossary
bouse,
meaning to "guzzle," but now used as a good English
word with a sinister meaning. The manufacture of rum was
at one time an important New England industry, antedating
that of cotton cloth and, according to recent biographers,
notable early Americans, including the Father of his Coun–
try, found it exceedingly palatable. Voltage,
53.7.
SHERRY-Originally meant the white wine of Jerez, Spain,
from whose name it was derived. Jerez was pronounced
"Hareth," or "Berreth." The English corruption may have
been due to excessive sibilance manifested by the original
Britisher who drank a bottle and demanded more. Voltage,
19.
SODA, SIPHON, PLAIN SODA, CARBONIC, SELTZER,
VICHY-Water charged with gas and discharged into a
glass by pressing a lever controlling the metal vent of a
siphon. CLUB SODA, aerated water in
a.
small bottle.
LEMON SODA, the same with a flavor of synthetic lemon.
DELATOUR SODA, a brand of a particular manufacturer.
The word VICHY was a misnomer, appropriated from that
of the famous water bottled at Vichy, France, by the
French Government.
SWEDISH PUNSCH-A beverage manufactured in Sweden
of which little information is available in these longitudes
except that its voltage was 26.3.
VERMUTH-A liquor made from white wine, flavored with
aromatic herbs. Formerly, of the two varieties, the Italian,
or sweet, was made in Italy, and the French, or
sec
(dry),
was manufactured in France.
Deriv.,
German,
wermuth,
meaning "wormwood." In the country of its origin, Ver–
muth was often drunk "neat," that is to say, unmixed with
water or more potent liquids. Voltage, about
17.
VIN MARIANI-A wine made in France from cocoa, and
formerly very much advertised as a tonic.
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