liquor up

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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)

Rip is just the sort of fellow to have some sort of adventure, and we are not at all astonished when we find him helping the dwarf carry his keg of liquor up the mountain.

From Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans by Cody, Sherwin

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)

A constant flow of liquor is regulated through the washer, and the gas, in order to pass through the perforations, drives the liquor up into the troughs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

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