(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:09:28

High"-proof` (?), a.

1.

Highly rectified; very strongly alcoholic; as, high-proof spirits.

2.

So as to stand any test.

"We are high-proof melancholy."

Shak.

 

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