¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orgeats
1. orgeat [n] - See also: orgeat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orgeats
| organzines orgeat orgeats (current term) orgeis orgel orgia orgiac orgias orgiast orgiastic | orgiastically orgiasts orgic orgies orgillous orgones |
Literary usage of Orgeats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1829)
"... head-dress and brown jubee, was leaning against the gate of his consulate;
and the cry of the itinerant vender of sherbet and iced orgeats on the shore, ..."
2. Life, Letters and Journals of George Ticknor by George Ticknor, Anna Eliot Ticknor (1909)
"... not to drink strong liquors, — for I never saw a Spaniard intoxicated, — but
to refresh themselves with iced water, orgeats, and cebada, which, ..."
3. Old Creole Days by George Washington Cable (1897)
"... its orgeats, its barley-waters, and its outlandish wines, while they talked
of dear home — that is to say, of Barbadoes, of Martinique, of San Domingo, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear Exposition by Andrew Ure (1844)
"An ice-house should not be regarded as an object of mere luxury, for pleasing
the palates of gourmands with iced creams and orgeats. ..."
5. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"... scrapes, ices, orgeats, lemonade, vegetables, flowers, and all the varied
products of the tierra ..."
6. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1807)
"... aud orgeats for all the world/ Unfortunately this peculiar commerce has suffered
materially by French fraternity: their melon-beds are now covered with ..."
Other Resources:
