Vinal
adj, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 polyvinyl alcohol fibers US, uncountable
- 2 Prosopis ruscifolia uncountable
- 1 Produced by, or originating in, wine. not-comparable
"To return then to the great chanel, and thread of our Diſcourse, the examples and experiment which I have already inſiſted upon in confirmation of the reaſons which I have alleged, do dearly demonſtrate, that the bodies which draw the atomes diſpersed in the aire, attract unto themſelves with a greater power and energy ſuch as are of their own nature, than ſuch as are heterogeneous, and of a ſtrange nature; As wine doth the vinal ſpirits;[…]"
Example
More examples"To return then to the great chanel, and thread of our Diſcourse, the examples and experiment which I have already inſiſted upon in confirmation of the reaſons which I have alleged, do dearly demonſtrate, that the bodies which draw the atomes diſpersed in the aire, attract unto themſelves with a greater power and energy ſuch as are of their own nature, than ſuch as are heterogeneous, and of a ſtrange nature; As wine doth the vinal ſpirits;[…]"
Etymology
Introduced as a generic term by the Federal Trade Commission.
From Latin vīnālis (rare), from vīnum (“wine”), or directly from vīnum + -al.
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