whiskey

plural whiskeys · plural whiskies · alternative Australia Canada New Zealand Scotland whisky

1. EnglandIrelandUScountableuncountableA liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).

   Then the boiling water was brought in, and such a jug of whiskey punch as was made! Take my word for it, - it did not, like honest Robin Craig's, require to be hung out on the bush to let the water drain out of it.

   1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 540

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   The exceſſive drinking of ſpirituous liquours, eſpecially whiſkey, is now become ſo common, that more people are killed by them, than by ſmall-pox, fevers, broken limbs, accidents, and all other diſtempers put together. And we are credibly informed, that in one dram ſhop only in this town, there are 120 gallons of that accurſed ſpirit, whiſkey, ſold.

   1753 September 28, “Historical Chronicle”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume XXIII, number VIII, London, page 391

   Synonyms: Devil's buttermilk, usquebaugh, scamper juice

2. EnglandIrelandUScountableuncountableA drink of whiskey.
3. countableuncountableinternational standardsAlternative letter-case form of Whiskey from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

plural whiskeys · alternative whisky

1. historicalA light gig or carriage drawn by one horse.

   Ye Ladies of Lapland who beesoms bestride, Or, pair’d in Witch Whiskeys, aslant the Moon slide;

   1772, George Alexander Stevens, “The Portrait”, in Songs, Comic, and Satyrical, Oxford, page 202

   Synonyms: tim-whiskey