Bible Dictionaries
Liquid

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Liquid'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/liquid.html. 1828.