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Definition of Cordials
1. cordial [n] - See also: cordial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordials
Literary usage of Cordials
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Beverages and Their Adulteration: Origin, Composition, Manufacture, Natural by Harvey Washington Wiley (1919)
"A very important class of beverages is embraced under the general name of cordials
and liqueurs. cordials and h.queurs are distinguished from the beverages ..."
2. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach (1920)
"The following analyses, due to Konig, show the chemical composition of the
best-known cordials: Analysis of cordials and Liqueurs. ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1891)
"liquors, cordials, or distilled spirits. Wines, cordials, brandy, and other
spirituous liquors imported in bottles or jugs shall lie packed in packages ..."
4. A Treatise on Pharmacy by Edward Parrish (1884)
"We give below as many formulae for the various popular elixirs and cordials as
we deem necessary and as our space will permit. ..."
5. Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises by William Cushing (1888)
"By ... B. 1722. One of the Ministers of the Gospel In Glasgow. James Clark.
(1) The cross and the crown ; or, a cluster of cordials ... by ... Edinb. 1705. ..."
6. The Dessert Book: A Complete Manual from the Best American and Foreign (1872)
"LIQUEURS OR cordials. UNDER this name are comprised a great variety of preparations
of alcohol, spirits of wine, and brandy, sweetened, and flavored with ..."
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