LIQ'UID, a. L. liquidus, from liquo, to melt 59and lug.
1. Fluid flowing or capable of flowing not fixed or solid. But liquid is not precisely synonymous with fluid. Mercury and air are fluid, but not liquid.
2. Soft clear flowing smooth as liquid melody.
3. Pronounced without any jar smooth as a liquid letter.
4. Dissolved not obtainable by law as a liquid debt. Obs.
LIQ'UID, n.
1. A fluid or flowing substance a substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and which flows on an inclined plane as water, wine, milk, &c.
2. In grammar, a letter which has a smooth flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute as 50and r, in bla, bra. M and n are also called liquids.