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GLOSSARIAL
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lower classes of London, "gin" is alcohol, flavored with
oil of turpentine and common salt. The term is often
used generically for ''bad liquor."
In
some parts of the
Cotton Belt, "gin" signifies a beverage whose effects are
momentarily synonymous with those produced by the
saws of a cotton gin-from which it is
not
derived. The
actual derivation is from the Dutch
jenever,
itself com–
ing from the old French word
jenevre,
meaning juni–
per. Gin was sometimes called "Ceneva," or "Geneva
Water,'' and ascribed.to Swiss invention. Voltage, 54.3.
SLOE GIN-Not to be ·confused with the real gin, and it
should be noted that as compared with real
gin,
its ef–
fects are describbd by its first name, differently spelled.
Sloe Gin is a sort of cordial made
by
distillation from the
small, plum-like astringent fruit of the Blackthorn, or a
distillation flavored with the same.
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
European wild cherries, and made in Germany and
2ther central 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, then in
Russia. Voltage, 33.9.
MARASCHINO (pronounced "maraskeeno")-A cordial
distilled from fermented cherries and flavored with
bruised pits.
Deriv.,
Italian,
marasquino.
OJEN-A cordial formerly made in New Orleans, La.,