A strong unsweetened liquor containing oil of wormwood, usually diluted for drinking. addled: Rotten or spoiled.

Slang for H-bone, or hipbone, cut of beef.

A plant used for coloring confectionary. alum: A salt with a very astringent effect consisting of crystals usually under one-half inch in size; used to make pickles crisp.

A secretion of the sperm whale valued for its use in perfumes.

Coloring ingredient for cheese making.

An herb whose leafstalks are candied and whose roots and fruit furnish the angelica oil used as a flavoring for liqueurs and perfume.

Herb seeds used for flavoring. The flavor is similar to licorice.

Anise-flavored liqueur usually served after dinner. arrack: Tropical drink distilled from coconut juice, rice, molasses mash and sugar cane juice.

Nutritious and easily digested starch from finely ground rootstalks of arrow-root plant; used in making biscuits, crackers, custards, and puddings.

A fixed or customary standard of number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.