brandying

Variant of brandy

brandy definition

brandy (bran′dē)

noun pl. brandies -·dies

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

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

transitive verb brandied -·died, brandying -·dy·ing

to flavor, mix, or preserve with brandy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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