Eau
[әu]
Definition
n. the French word for water used in English in various combinations.—Eau Cré–›le a fine Martinique liqueur made by distilling the flowers of the mammee-apple with spirit of wine; Eau de Cologne (see under Cologne-earth); Eau de vie brandy.
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Examples
- There was a scent of eau-de-cologne in the room. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His valet stood behind him with a smelling-bottle ready in one hand, and a white handkerchief, saturated with eau-de-Cologne, in the other. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She had seen a drop of eau de Cologne on the polished arm of the sofa, and instinctively sought to wipe it off. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The Frenchman found fault with everything at table, drank _eau sucrée,_ and studied in his dictionary. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Georgette here began to ask me in her broken English if she might have a glass of _eau sucrée_. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Eau sucree, my friend--nothing more. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The side-dishes contain pommes de terre au naturel, and choufleur a l'eau. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mrs. Thornton bathed Margaret's temples with eau de Cologne. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Rebecca said, putting her handkerchief to her eyes, and smelling the eau-de-cologne with which it was scented. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The road went down a long grade below the ch鈚eau and then turned to the right and went down very steeply and paved with cobbles, into Montreux. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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