RATAFIA  , a liqueur or cordial flavoured with See also:

• PEACH
• PEACH, CHARLES WILLIAM (1800-1886)

peach or See also:

• CHERRY

cherry kernels, See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter almonds, or other fruits; many different varieties are made . The same name is given to a flavouring essence resembling bitter almonds, and also to a See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• BISCUIT (pronounced according to the old spelling " bisket," a Fr. form from Lat. bis, twice, and coctum, cooked, in reference to the original method of preparation; cf. Ital. biscotto, Sp. bizcocho, &c.)

biscuit . The word is adapted from the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French of the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat (Etym . See also:

• DIET

Diet., 1910) quotes as a possible origin a See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of See also:

• MALAY

Malay araq, arrack, and tafia, See also:

• RUM
• RUM (according to Skeat, a corruption of Malay brum or bram; the adjective " rum," i.e. " queer," being a distinct word, in Gipsy rem)

rum .