Overproof

[,әuvә'pru:f]

Definition

(a.) Containing more alcohol than proof spirit; stronger than proof spirit; that is, containing more than 49.3 per cent by weight of alcohol.

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Definition

adj. containing more than a certain amount of alcohol stronger than proof-spirit the standard by which all mixtures of alcohol and water are judged—containing 57.27 per cent. by volume and 49.50 per cent. by weight of alcohol.

Edited by Babbage