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    Aqua vitae /ˌækwə ˈviːteɪ/ (Latin for "water of life") or aqua vita is an archaic name for a concentrated aqueous solution of ethanol. These terms could...
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  • In the hopes of curing and freeing her, Yin then worked to create the Aqua Vitae, an elixir of life that could impart incredible healing powers and a greatly...
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  • Look up vitae in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vitae is a Latin word, meaning or pertaining to life. Aqua vitae, archaic name for a concentrated aqueous...
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    eight bolls of malt given to Friar John Cor to make aqua vitae over the previous year. The term aqua vitae is Latin for "water of life" and was the general...
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    Slavic voda of the same meaning. Distilled alcohol was known in Latin as aqua vitae ("water of life"). This was translated into Middle Irish as uisce betha[d]...
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  • Fine Fragrance (2009) Cosmetique Magazine's best niche mixte perfume for Aqua Universalis (June 2010) Voir et être vu, Grand Palais Paris 2015/2016 - olfactive...
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    it was written that the head of a clan died after "taking a surfeit of aqua vitae" at Christmas. The production of whisky from malted barley is first mentioned...
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    of vodka with "water" is the name of the medieval alcoholic beverage aqua vitae (Latin, literally, "water of life"), which is reflected in Polish okowita...
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    until at least 2021. In the meantime, the distillery was selling its aqua vitae, since this type of alcoholic beverage does not require such long aging...
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  • to find someone with the soft stone which is the key element in making aqua vitae which is supposed to grant life so she can become "alive". Arlecchino...
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    Aqua fortis (nitric acid) 🜅 (), A.F. Aqua regia (nitro-hydrochloric acid) 🜆 (), 🜇 (), A.R. Spirit of wine (concentrated ethanol; called aqua vitae...
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  • in the book include snuff, herb shops (including a recipe for making Aqua vitae), the London curfew, hansom cabs, lamplighters, Ely Place, the Royal Waxworks...
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  • till he be three quarters and a dram dead; then recovered again with aqua-vitae or some other hot infusion; then, raw as he is, and in the hottest day...
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  • Aquavit may refer to: Aqua vitae, Latin for "water of life", a concentrated alcoholic distillate Akvavit, a Scandinavian distilled beverage Okovita, a...
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  • Mixture of aqua fortis and spirit of salt. Aquarius, an astrological sign Aqua vitae - Old alchemical term for ethanol. Arachnomancy Arcandam Archaeomancy...
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    akvavit to be named as such. The word aquavit derives from the Latin aqua vitae, "water of life." Compare the words whisky or whiskey, from Gaelic uisce...
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  • the Early Middle Ages, and is simply a translation of the Latin phrase aqua vitae. "whiskey". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 25 February 2020. "whisky...
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  • be translated as: "To Brother John Cor, by order of the King, to make aqua vitae VIII bolls of malt." Friar John Cor has been identified as a Dominican...
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    bolls of malt to Friar John Cor, by order of the King, wherewith to make aqua vitae." The expression 'single' means that of "separate, distinct, not combined...
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    best known for his 1980 Novy Mir-published satirical novel Zhivaya Voda (Aqua Vitae). Vladimir Krupin was born in the village of Kilmez, Kirovskaya Oblast...
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    identified variously as spirit of wine or ardent spirits, and as aqua vitae or aqua vita. The intoxicating effects of its consumption have been known...
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  • Spirits, makes them desire what encreases them, they passionately esteem Aqua Vitae, and the strongest more than the others. The Siameses do make it of Rice...
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    studio albums in 1992-1999: At the Peak of Togetherness, Don't Die, Love, Aqua Vitae and The String in Me, Don't Break. She also authored three books of poetry...
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  • the Scandinavian akvavit spirit gets its name from the Latin phrase aqua vitae. At times and places of poor public sanitation (such as medieval Europe)...
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    Eaux de vie should be served cold. Liquor portal Drink portal Akvavit Aqua vitae Aguardiente Brandy Chacha Damassine Grappa Kirsch Liquor Orujo Pálinka...
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  • water") – a mixture of aqua fortis and spirit of salt. Aqua tofani – arsenic trioxide, As2O3 (extremely poisonous) Aqua vitae/aqua vita/spirit of wine,...
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  • Switzerland. The product range consists of Whisky, Gin, Vodka and Aquavit Aqua vitae. These products' specialty is that they are produced with water from Greenland...
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    scholars to produce the essence of the liquid being purified, and the term aqua vitae ('water of life') was used as a generic term for all kinds of distillates...
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    regarded it as a life-preserving substance able to prevent all diseases (the aqua vitae or "water of life", also called by John the quintessence of wine). In...
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  • ingredients for the fire-balls and other fireworks included mercury, aqua vitae, walnut oil, brimstone, lint, hemp, and tallow. The king's former favourite...
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