usquebaugh

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This was called usquebaugh, and had a strange peaty flavor, which was at first very unpleasant to them, but to which before they left Scotland they became quite accustomed.

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  1. noun Irish & Scots Whiskey.

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  1. Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha and Irish Gaelic uisce beatha, water of life, whiskey (translation of Medieval Latin aqua vītae) : Old Irish uisce, water; see wed-1 in Indo-European roots + Old Irish bethad, genitive of bethu, life; see gwei- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Scots also usquebae, iskiebae; formerly usquebath, from Gaelic Irish uisge-beatha, whisky, literally ‘water of life,’ from uisge, water, + beatha, life, allied to L. vita, Greek βίος, life: see vital, quick. Cf. French eau de vie, New Latin aqua vitæ, brandy, literally ‘water of life.’ Cf. whisky, another form of the same word without the second element.
 

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/ˈəskwəbɔ/
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