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Aqua fortis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Nitric acid. archaic, uncountable
  2. 2
    acid used especially in the production of fertilizers and explosives and rocket fuels wordnet
  3. 3
    A corrosive liquor made of saltpeter, serving as a solvent for dissolving silver and all other metals except gold. uncountable
  4. 4
    Any strong and potentially dangerous alcoholic drink. dated, dialectal, uncountable

    "this man’s whiskey ain’t Red Eye, it ain’t Chain Lightnin’ either, it’s regular Agur-forty, and there isn’t a man living can stand a glass and keep his senses."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aqua fortis (literally “strong water”).

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