"Sherbet" is a word in ENGLISH
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.
A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid,
sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; --
called also sherbet powder.
A flavored water ice.
still other winters average their rain months into a long, cold season of relentless sog and little color. At such times, looking out through the spattered glass, I feel, deep in some spongy, unignorable organ, that we will have floods, and damage, and losses; we will have gray till the cows come home, and there will be no more cows--they'll all just rot, drown, or simply wash away. We will have rain until the very hills dissolve. And when the dirty cotton swaddling of fog finally falls away, we will all be desperate for vital signs.
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A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.
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