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GLOSSARIAL
known, signifies "horse-power,'' "kick,'' or "alcoholic con–
tent,'' and is used as being more in accord with this age of
electricity.
DEFINITIONS
ABSINTHE-Usually a green, bitter, aromatic liquor,
impregnated with wormwood, though there was also a
white variety manufactured in France.
Deriv.,
Latin,
ab–
sinthium,
"wormwood." ,Long a resort for parodists in
such lines as "Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder."
Taken "neat" and · often, was guaranteed to produce
visions of snakes,
et~.
Voltage, 58.93.
ANISETTE-A liquor made in France by distillation
from anise seed. Voltage,
42.
APPLEJACK-Often used synonymously with apple
brandy or apple whiskey and supposed to be a distilla–
tion. New Jersey continued producing tae one-or the
three-right through prohibition.
AROMATIC SPIRITS OF AMMONIA.-A fragrant
distillation from a colorless, pungent, suffocating gas
(NH
3 )
obtained from nitrogenous- organic bodies, such
as coal, bones, blood, etc.
BENEDICTINE-A cordial or liqueur, distilled for cen–
turies at Fecamp, in France, by the Benedictine monks.
Its composition was kept secret and some persons be–
lieved its distillation was accompanied by religious rites.
However, after the French Revolution, discovery was
made that it could be produced by the laity and by
strictly secular methods. Its components have been kept
a trade secret, but it was believed to contain the volatile
constituents of cardamom seeds, arnica flowers, angelica