Definition of "ratifia" []

• Obsolete forms of ratafia. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The kernel is used in seasoning, and in making the cordial known as ratifia; also in adding to tonics."
• "For dinner we had the last tin of sardines, the last pot of apricot jam, and a tin of ratifia biscuits a most extraordinary mixture, I admit, but there was nothing else."
• ""Mercy on us! what have I said!" cried the attendant, greatly alarmed by the agitation of her mistress; "do sit down, your ladyship, while I run for the ratifia and rosa solis.""