capillaire
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun A kind of syrup prepared with maidenhair fern; also, by extension, any simple syrup, as of sugar or honey, flavored with orange-flowers or orange-flower water.
Examples
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The Adiantum pedatum, L., maiden hair, yields a useful syrup, called by the French "capillaire," which is a refreshing beverage mixed with water in fevers.
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The cloth was removed as in England, and the table covered with dried fruits, confectionary, and coffee; a tall silver epergne supporting small bottles of capillaire, and sweetmeats in cut glass.
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Mr. Croker is perpetually stopping us in our progress through the most delightful narrative in the language, to observe that really Dr. Johnson was very rude, that he talked more for victory than for truth, that his taste for port wine with capillaire in it was very odd, that Boswell was impertinent, that it was foolish in Mr.. Thrale to marry the music-master; and so forth.
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If you have no capillaire ready, boil two pounds of loaf-sugar in a pint and a half of water, clearing it with the beaten white of an egg mixed into the sugar and water before boiling.
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He used to pour capillaire into his port wine, and melted butter into his chocolate.
Note
The word 'capillaire' comes from the Latin 'herba capillaris' "the maidenhair".
