VODKA  , VoDKI or WoDKY, the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• NATIONAL

national spirituous beverage . Originally vodka was made almost entirely from See also:

• RYE

rye, See also:

• BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley See also:

• MALT (O. Eng., mealt; O. Sax., malt; O. Tent., maltos; Mod. Ger., Malz; Scand., malt; probably derived from the Sanskrit mrdu, soft, thus having reference to the fact that malt is raw grain rendered soft or tender)

malt to the extent of 15 to 20% being used to effect saccharification (see See also:

• SPIRITS

SPIRITS), but at the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day potatoes and See also:

• MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize are the See also:

• STAPLE

staple raw materials from .whichthis spirit is manufactured, and, as ad See also:

• RULE

rule, See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green rye malt is now used instead of barley . The See also:

• DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation is conducted by means of live See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam in a See also:

• DOUBLE
• DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)

double still of the " patent " type . Vodka as manufactured contains from 90 to 96% of See also:

• ALCOHOL

alcohol, but it is diluted, previous to retailing, to a strength of 6o to 4o% . It is illegal to sell it with less than 40% of alcohol . VOETIUS (VoET), GYSBERTUS (1588-1676), Dutch theo- logian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Heusden, See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland . He studied at See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, and in 1611 became pastor of Blymen, whence in 1617 he returned to Heusden . In 1619 he played an influential See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• SYNOD
• SYNOD (Gr. vbvobos)

Synod of See also:

• DORT, SYNOD OF

Dort, and in 1634 was made See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology and See also:

• ORIENTAL

Oriental See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science at See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht . Three years later he 'became pastor of the Utrecht See also:

• CONGREGATION (Lat. congregatio, a gathering together, from cum, with, grex, gregis, a flock, herd)

congregation . He was an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate of the extremest See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Calvinism against the Arminians; but his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence was See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good, and the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Utrecht perpetuated his memory by giving his name to the See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street in which he had lived .