Also 7–8 limonade. [ad. F. limonade, f. limon lemon.] A drink made of lemon-juice and water, sweetened with sugar.
In England now very commonly applied to ‘aerated lemonade,’ which consists of water impregnated with carbonic acid with the addition of lemon-juice and sugar.
1663. Killigrew, Parson’s Wed., IV. v. Captain, make some Lemonade.
1697. C’tess D’Aunoy’s Trav. (1706), 2. We wanted not for Limonade, and other refreshing waters.
1712. Arbuthnot, John Bull, IV. vi. Thou and thy wife and children should walk in my gardens,… drink lemonade.
1791. Gifford, Baviad, 51. With lemonade he gargles first his throat.
1812. T. Moore, Intercepted Lett., vi. 33. A Persian’s Heav’n is eas’ly made, ’Tis but—black eyes and lemonade.
1817. Byron, Beppo, lxv. Her lover brings the lemonade.
1831. J. Davies, Manual Mat. Med., 63. It [sulphuric acid] is administered with great success in the form of lemonade in bilious and typhoid fevers.
1867. Lady Herbert, Cradle L., vi. 159. Deliciously cool lemonade and Turkish coffee preceded the more substantial evening meal.
