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whis·key (hwis′kē, wis′kē)

noun pl. whiskeys -·keys or whiskies -·kies

  1. a strong alcoholic liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain, esp. of rye, wheat, corn, or barley
  2. a drink of whiskey

Etymology: short for usquebaugh < Ir uisce beathadh (or Gael uisge beatha) < uisce, water + beathadh, life < IE base *gwi-, *gwei-, to live > bio-

adjective

of, for, or made with whiskey
Also sp. whisky whis′ky

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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