spirits of wine

Definitions of spirits of wine
  1. noun
    rectified ethyl alcohol
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    type of:
    ethanol, ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol
    the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
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