释义 |
tiswin U.S.|tɪs-, tɪzˈwiːn| Also tizwin. [ad. Amer. Sp. texguino.] An intoxicating drink made from maize, wheat, or mesquite beans by the American Indians.
1877Rep. Indian Affairs (U.S.) 162 Addicted..to the use of intoxicating liquors, ‘tiswin’, which they manufacture from corn, and whiskey obtained from strangers. 1891J. G. Bourke in Cent. Mag. Mar. 655/1 The Apache intoxicant, ‘tizwin’..[is] beer, made from fermented corn. 1911Webster, Tiswin, tizwin. |