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Liquid
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.
(2):
(a.) Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid.
(3):
(a.) Fluid and transparent; as, the liquid air.
(4):
(a.) Pronounced without any jar or harshness; smooth; as, l and r are liquid letters.
(5):
(n.) 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.
(6):
(a.) Being in such a state that the component parts move freely among themselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do; neither solid nor aeriform; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor.
(7):
(n.) 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 also are called liquids.
(8):
(a.) Clear; definite in terms or amount.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Liquid'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/l/liquid.html. 1828.
