soda-water
Also soda water.
[f. soda1 + water n.]
1. a. Water containing a solution of sodium bicarbonate, or, more generally, charged under pressure with carbon dioxide (carbonic acid gas), strongly effervescent, and used as a beverage or stimulant. Cf. soda1 4.
| 1802 W. Saunders in Med. & Phys. Jrnl. VIII. 492 The gaseous alkaline water commonly called soda water has long been used in this country. 1855 Orr's Circ. Sci., Elem. Chem. 385 Much of the so-called soda-water found in commerce is totally devoid of soda or other alkali. 1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. III. 194 The maudlin meditation of a fast young man over his morning's soda-water. |
b. attrib., as soda-water apparatus, soda-water-bottle, soda-water fountain, soda-water manufacturer, soda-water-room, etc.
| 1813 E. Gerry Jr. Diary 4 July (1927) 168 We had not gone far, before the girls ordered the charioteer to stop at the soda water room. 1822 Sunday Times 20 Oct. 2/4 William Clarke..soda-water and ginger-beer manufacturer. 1825 T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Passion & Princ. vi, Patent soda-water manufactories. 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 1156 Improved soda-water apparatus. 1852 Dickens Bleak Ho. (1853) v. 35 Ginger-beer and soda-water bottles. 1858 Simmonds Dict. Trade, Soda-water-bottle, a strong oval-shaped glass bottle, the cork of which is secured by twine and wire to confine the aerated water. Ibid., Soda-water manufacturer, a maker and bottler of soda-water. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6246, Patent soda-water machines. 1884 Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 828/1 Soda-water Fountain. |
2. Water containing a solution of sodium carbonate for cooling or wetting metal-working tools.
| 1891 in Cent. Dict. 1895 in Funk's Stand. Dict. |