liquefied, ppl. a. (Sense 1 formerly at liquefy v.)
(ˈlɪkwɪfaɪd)
Also liquified.
[f. liquefy v. + -ed.]
1. Transformed into a liquid state; spec. (of a solid) molten; (of a gas) made liquid by cooling or compression (now freq. in liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas).
| 1598 Florio Worlde of Wordes 108/3 Disquagliato, melted, vnthawed, liquified. 1599 A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 243/1 Which foresaye..paper balle, she muste winde in liquefyede waxe. 1731 Hist. Litteraria III. 252 Iron melted into a liquified Matter. 1795 R. Kirwan Elem. Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 400 Any matter that has issued out of a volcano in a liquified state..is in general, styled a lava. 1825 J. Nicholson Operative Mechanic 741 Liquefied amber..separated from the oily portions which alter its consistence. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 83 After we had divided the liquefied snow..amongst us we had nothing to drink. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 137/1 Liquefied acetylene was far too dangerous for general introduction for domestic purposes. 1930 Engineering 4 July 28/2 ‘Bottled’ gas, in the form of liquefied propane and butane. 1938 Trade Marks Jrnl. 8 June 699/1 Liquefied fuel gas. 1940 Gas Age 24 Oct. 47/1 The liquefied natural gas would be stored in special insulated tanks, to be withdrawn.. and regasified when need arose. 1943 in Chambers's Techn. Dict. Suppl. 963/2, Liquefied petroleum gases. 1977 Ann. Internal Med. LXXXVI. 189/2 A huge sterile retroperitoneal hematoma of approximately 1200 ml of clots and old liquified blood was evacuated. 1989 Green Mag. Dec. 74/1 Petrol cars have had one economical unleaded option for many years—LPG or Liquified Petroleum Gas. |
2. joc. Intoxicated by drink.
| 1939 Joyce Finnegans Wake 430 And oft, when liquefied, (vil!) he murmoaned abasourdly in his Dutchener's native, visibly unmoved, over his treasure trove for the crown: Dotter dead bedstead mean diggy smuggy flasky! 1981 R. A. Spears Slang & Euphemism 233/2 Liquefied, intoxicated with alcohol... (U.S. slang, early 1900s—pres[ent].). |