red liquor

American  

noun

1. mordant rouge.

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Etymology

Origin of red liquor

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

At sight of the red liquor the fury died out of the ruffler's face.

From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael

Lastly, aluminate of soda may be used as a mordant in place of red liquor or sulphate of alumina.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 by Various

Such mordants as "red liquor" and "iron liquor," which are acetates of alumina and iron respectively, are also wasted, a portion of them being precipitated by the lime, thus weakening the mordant baths.

From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert

Boys at the station were selling slabs of pudding, squares of sponge cake soaked with red liquor, pieces of papaya, cups of sweetened boiled rice, and oranges.

From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Starr, Frederick

In the third glass, the red liquor will assume a violet tint.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown