Domestic Encyclopædia (1802)/Aqua Vitæ

AQUA VITÆ is usually understood to signify either brandy, or spirit of wine, prepared simply, or with aromatics. Some, however, make a distinction; appropriating the term brandy to what is drawn from wine, or the grape; and aqua vitæ to that which is extracted from malt, &c.—See Brandy.

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