Definition of "cordials" [cordials]

• Plural form of cordial. (noun)

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• "In Colhassett they had only one ice-cream saloon, but in Paris they had a good many of them out-of-doors in the parks and even on the sidewalk, and there you could buy all kinds of sirups and 'what you call cordials' and"
• "In this disease diaphoretics, which have been called cordials, by their action on the stomach restore its exertion, and that of the cutaneous capillaries by their association with it, and the skin becomes warm, and the digestion more vigorous."
• "Avoid giving opiates of any kind, such as cordials, Mrs. Winslow's"