Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sherbet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sherbet \Sher"bet\, n. [Ar. sherbet, shorbet, sharbat, properly,
one drink or sip, a draught, beverage, from shariba to drink.
Cf. {Sorbet}, {Sirup}, {Shrub} a drink.]
1. A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice
of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various
ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry
sherbet, etc.
2. A flavored water ice.
3. A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid,
sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an
effervescing drink; -- called also {sherbet powder}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sherbet
n : an ice containing milk [syn: {sherbert}, {sorbet}]
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