Definition of Firewaters

1. Noun. (plural of firewater) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Firewaters

1. firewater [n] - See also: firewater

Lexicographical Neighbors of Firewaters

firewalk
firewalked
firewalking
firewalks
firewall
firewalled
firewalling
firewalls
fireward
firewarden
firewardens
firewards
firewatcher
firewatchers
firewater
firewaters (current term)
fireweed
fireweeds
firewheel tree
firewire
firewires
firewoman
firewomen
firewood
firewoods
firework
fireworklike
fireworks
fireworks night
fireworky

Literary usage of Firewaters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"... bargain gave the ' noble red men' a barbecue, consisting of venison and sweetened hoe-cake, followed by plenty of imported rum and other ' firewaters. ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1847)
"Dominoes \veie playing at cards with Italian Counts. Turks were drinking the firewaters of the Franks at side-tables. Gauchos were there rigged out in all ..."

3. The Illustrated History of Methodism in Great Britain and America, from the by W. H. Daniels (1880)
"... we drink no more of the firewaters.' "' O, but you will drink with me ; we always good friends.' But wliile this son of Belial was urging them to drink, ..."

4. Journal of the Reverend Peter Jacobs: Indian Wesleyan Missionary, from Rice by Peter Jacobs, Jacobs, Peter, 1808-1858 (1853)
"... when the Indians said, " When we were Heathen, wo never gave up drinking the firewaters the whole night; and why should we now go to bod? ..."

5. Observations in Europe: Principally in France and Great Britain by John Price Durbin (1844)
"... and who generally have all the grog-houses under their control, by paying the rent, and putting a tenant in to sell their firewaters. ..."

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