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usquebaugh

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us·que·baugh  (skw-bô, -bä)
n. Irish & Scots
Whiskey.
[Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha and Irish Gaelic uisce beatha, water of life, whiskey (translation of Medieval Latin aqua vtae) : Old Irish uisce, water; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots + Old Irish bethad, genitive of bethu, life; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.]
usquebaugh [ˈʌskwɪˌbɔː]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Irish the former name for whiskey
2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Scot the former name for whisky
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) an Irish liqueur flavoured with coriander
[from Irish Gaelic uisce beathadh or Scot Gaelic uisge beatha water of life]


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