† ˈusque Sc. Obs.
Also 8 usquæ, husque, usky (cf. whisky n.1).
Short for usquebaugh.
| 1728 Ramsay Friends in Ireland 10 Drinking roundly rum and claret, Ale and usquæ. c 1730 Burt Lett. N. Scotl. (1754) I. 188 This drink [common ale] is of itself apt to give a Diarrhea, and therefore..they interlace it with Brandy or Usky. 1739 A. Nicol Poems 76 Good ale and Usque ga'd about In Healths. |
| attrib. c 1730 Burt Lett. N. Scotl. (1754) II. 83 My Merchants..mov'd the Usky Vessels before 'em. Ibid. 84 The Usky Men were my Companions. |