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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Liquid

Liq'uid, a.

adjective

(lĭk'wid), a. [Lat. liquidus, from liquere, to be fluid or liquid; Fr. liquide, Pr. liquid, Sp. & It. liquido.]

  1. Having liquidity. See LIQUIDITY.
  2. Flowing smoothly or easily; sounding agreeably or smoothly to the ear. “Thy liquid notes, that close the eye of day.” Milton.
  3. Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, a liquid letter.
  4. Dissolved; not obtainable by law; as, a liquid debt. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

Liquid manure, a fertilizer, as guano, &c., applied to land in a liquid form; also, urine, in distinction from dung.

Liq'uid (lĭk'wid), n.

noun

(lĭk'wid), n. 1. A substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and, therefore, retain no definite form; any substance in the state of liquidity; a fluid that is not aeriform.

☞ Liquid and fluid are terms often used synonymously, but fluid has the broader signification. All liquids are fluids, but many fluids, as air and the gases, are not liquids.

Sense 2. (Gram.) A letter which has a smooth, flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute; as, l and r, in bla, bra. M and n are also called liquids.