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See also:SHERBET (the See also:Turkish See also:form of the Arabic sharbat, drink, shariba, he drank, cf. " See also:shrub," an See also:English derivative) , properly the name of an See also:Oriental beverage, consisting of the juice of such fruits as the See also:lemon, citron, &c., dropped upon a cake of See also:sugar and partially frozen with See also:snow or otherwise cooled . The- word, and also the See also:French See also:form sorbet, are applied in Western usage to a See also:water-See also:ice not frozen as hard as the See also:ordinary ice, and flavoured with See also:fruit juice, spirit, &c . A cheap sweetened effervescing drink is also so styled . |
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