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OLD WALDORF-ASTORIA BAR BOOK
and flavored with absinthe.
ORGEAT.:.__A syrup made in France from sugar, orange
flower water and almonds.
Deriv.,
French, from Latin,
hordeum,
barley.
PARF.AIT D'AMOUR-A red cordial whose composi–
tion 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 "pe–
culiar." Specifically, an alcoholic liquor distilled from
fermented molasses, or. cane juice. Varieties
usually
named from country of origin-Jamaica, Swedish, St.
Croix (West Indies), Cuban-better known as Bacardi
or Santiago-and Japanese (usually called Sake and dis–
tilled from fermented rice).
Deriv.,
abbreviation of
"rumbullion" or "rumbooze." The latter term is com–
posed of the gypsy word
rom
or
rum,
meaning "good,"
and "booze," a corruption of the Dutch
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. Voltage,
53.7.
See "Jamaican Jolli–
fiers."
SHERRY-Originally meant the white wine of Jerez,
Spain,J rom
wh9~e
name it was derived. Jerez was pro–
nounced "Hareth," or "Berreth." The English corrup–
tion may have been.due to excessive sibilance manifested
by the original Britisher who drank a bottle and de–
manded more: Voltage,
I
9.
SODA, SIPHON, PLAIN SODA, CARBONIC, SELT–
ZER, VICHY-Water charged with
gas
and dis-