Bible Dictionaries
Spirituous

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure.

(2):

(a.) Containing, or of the nature of, alcoholic (esp. distilled) spirit; consisting of refined spirit; alcoholic; ardent; as, spirituous liquors.

(3):

(a.) Lively; gay; vivid; airy.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Spirituous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/spirituous.html. 1828.