Noun

(organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).

(uncountable) An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.}}

(obsolete) Any very fine powder.

Noun

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Experimental play with fire, as by lighting matches.

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 1, author=Michael Parrish, title=10-Year-Old With Matches Started a California Wildfire, work=New York Times citation

, passage=At least one study suggests that if you take a population of boys between kindergarten and fourth grade, 60 percent of them have committed unsupervised fireplay , which is to say that fireplay is a common and absolutely normal part of human development. }}

(BDSM) Any of various sexual practices involving fire, such as setting fire to alcohol against the skin.

* 2009 , Peter Masters, This Curious Human Phenomenon

Many years I attended a BDSM conference where a well-known and respected BDSM master presented a demonstration of fireplay as part of the planned programme.