liquor up

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The paste is added to the previous mixture, and, after being well stirred in, sufficient water is added to make the total volume of liquor up to 100 gallons.

From The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics by Beech, Franklin

After the end of the time sufficient cold water is added to bring the volume of the liquor up to 10 gallons.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin

A French poet of the eighteenth century produced the following: Lines on Coffee Translation from the French Good coffee is more than a savory cup, Its aroma has power to dry liquor up.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

Nor fear that I, my gentle maid, Shall long detain the cup, When once unto the bottom I Have drunk the liquor up.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866 by Various

So I judged that their anxiety and the turmoil of their hearts had not burned their liquor up, as had been the case with me.

From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)