‖ schiedam
(skiːˈdæm)
Also schiedamm, sk(i)edam.
A variety of gin, so called from the town in Holland where it is distilled.
| 1821 Scott Pirate xvii, There was the potent Irish Usquebaugh—right Nantz—genuine Schiedamm. 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adv. Younger Son I. 291 A dusty-looking stone bottle of the right bamboo-coloured skedam. Ibid. II. 35 To take a glass of skiedam. 1833 Hood To Adm. Gambier vi, Consider, too—before all Eau-de-vie, Schiedam or other drinkers, you rebut. 1891 Kipling Light that Failed xv, A bottle of peculiarly strong Schiedam. |
| Comb. 1834 Tait's Mag. I. 542/1 Schiedam-punch. |