usquebaugh

(us′kwi bä′, -bô′)

noun

Scot., Irish whiskey

Origin: see whiskey

See usquebaugh in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Irish & Scots

Whiskey.

Origin:

Origin: Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha

Origin: and Irish Gaelic uisce beatha, water of life, whiskey (translation of Medieval Latin aqua vītae)

Origin: : Old Irish uisce, water; see wed-¹ in Indo-European roots

Origin: + Old Irish bethad

Origin: , genitive of bethu, life; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots

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