Sentence:  <WSD>Cocktail</WSD> is a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters — it is vulgarly called a bittered sling and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A mixed alcoholic beverage.