brandies

Variant of brandy

noun pl. brandies

  1. an alcoholic liquor distilled from wine
  2. a similar liquor distilled from the fermented juice of a specified fruit: cherry brandy

Origin: earlier brandywine < Du brandewijn, lit., burnt wine: so called from being distilled

transitive verb brandied, brandying

to flavor, mix, or preserve with brandy
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