mescal

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The Spanish troops brought bottles of mescal, aguardiente, and wine.

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  1. noun See peyote.
  2. noun A Mexican liquor distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave.
  3. noun A food prepared by cooking the fleshy leaf base and trunk of certain agaves.
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  • And with various of his soiled personal possessions, records and socks mostly, chaotically strewn about the bare dirt floor, half empty bottle of mescal (with Leary, mescal bottles are always half empty, never half full) resting forlornly atop the clanking radiator like a mourner at a funeral. —  F ;SF; - vol 096 issue 02 - February 1999
  • Jose used his agave plants to make mescal, a popular Mexican liquor. —  Latest Articles
  • Hence, the mescal-fueled "Rancho Pancho" rehearsal. —  DosCentavos.net
  • The mescal was poured and I declined the worm but accepted the shot. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • The smoky incense wafts over West Colorado Avenue - sweet and smoldering like the first sip of an anejo mescal, but ... —  Gazette.com :
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  1. American Spanish, from Nahuatl mexcalli, mescal liquor : metl, maguey plant + perhaps ixca, xca, to bake.

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  1. from Spanish mezcal, from Mexican mexcalli.
 

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/mɛsˈkæl/
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