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whiskybae, whisquy-beath var. usquebaugh. (Cf. 16th cent. iskiebae.)1792 Galloway Poems 72, I told him I ne'er drank no Whiskybae. 1792 Statist. Acc. Scot. III. 525 A refreshment..consisting generally of whisquy-beath, or some foreign liquor, butter and cheese.
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List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin
Whisky Short form of whiskybae, from uisge-beatha , water of life.
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usquebaugh
usquebaugh (ˈʌskwɪbɔː) Forms: α. 6 vskebeaghe, 7 vsque-ba'he, vskebah (uskkiba), 7–9 usquebah (7 usquabah), 7 vsquebach; 7 vsque-, 7– usquebagh, 7 vsce-, usce-, uskabagh; 6 vscough-, 7– usquebaugh. β. 7 vsque-, usque-, husquo-, uskebath. γ. (Chiefly Sc.) 6 iskie-bae, 7 usquebay, 8–9 usquebae (8 usqu...
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whisky
▪ I. whisky, whiskey, n.1 (ˈhwɪskɪ) Also 8 -kie, -kee. [Short for whiskybae, etc. (Gael. uisgebeatha lit. ‘water of life’), though this is not actually evidenced so early (but Ramsay has usque for usquebaugh, q.v., in 1728). In modern trade usage, Scotch whisky and Irish whiskey are thus distinguish...
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