Liquid
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(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.
King James Dictionary [2]
Liq'Uid, a. L. liquidus, from liquo, to melt 59and lug.
1. Fluid flowing or capable of flowing not fixed or solid. But liquid is not precisely synonymous with fluid. Mercury and air are fluid, but not liquid. 2. Soft clear flowing smooth as liquid melody. 3. Pronounced without any jar smooth as a liquid letter. 4. Dissolved not obtainable by law as a liquid debt. Obs.
Liq'Uid, n.
1. A fluid or flowing substance a substance whose parts change their relative position on the slightest pressure, and which flows on an inclined plane as water, wine, milk, &c. 2. In grammar, a letter which has a smooth flowing sound, or which flows smoothly after a mute as 50and r, in bla, bra. M and n are also called liquids.
