Liquor vs Blackstrap - What's the difference?
liquor | blackstrap |
(obsolete) A liquid.
(obsolete) A drinkable liquid.
A liquid obtained by cooking meat or vegetables (or both).
(chiefly, US) Strong alcoholic drink derived from fermentation and distillation.
In process industry, a liquid in which a desired reaction takes place, e.g. pulping liquor is a mixture of chemicals and water which breaks wood into its components, thus facilitating the extraction of cellulose.
To drink liquor, usually to excess.
To cause someone to drink liquor, usually to excess.
(obsolete) To grease.
* Shakespeare
The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 25, author=David Hochman, title=For Epicures, a New Take on Jerky, work=New York Times
, passage=Smoked over cherry and mesquite wood, and dried in a convection oven, it gets its flavors from organic blackstrap molasses, Jim Beam bourbon, and salt and pepper. }}
(obsolete) A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
* Judd
(obsolete, nautical, slang) Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between liquor and blackstrap
is that liquor is (obsolete) a drinkable liquid while blackstrap is (obsolete) a mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.As nouns the difference between liquor and blackstrap
is that liquor is (obsolete) a liquid while blackstrap is the dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed.As a verb liquor
is to drink liquor, usually to excess.liquor
English
Alternative forms
* liquour (obsolete)Noun
Synonyms
* (strong alcoholic drink) spirits (British and Australasian English) * (liquid obtained by cooking food) stock, pot liquor (American English), broth, bouillonDerived terms
* hold one's liquor * liquor lounge * liquor storeVerb
(en verb)- Liquor fishermen's boots.
- (Francis Bacon)
References
* * ----blackstrap
English
(wikipedia blackstrap)Noun
(-)citation
- No blackstrap to-night; switchel, or ginger pop.