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aguardiente|agwarðiˈente|
[Sp., = brandy, f. agua water + ardiente ardent.]
A coarse kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal. Also applied to any distilled spirituous liquor; in south-western U.S., native whisky.
[1818New-Eng. Palladium (Boston, Mass.) 28 Sept. 3/2 Isaac McLellan & Co...have for sale..100 pipes Spanish Rum or Auquedent.] 1824W. Bullock 6 Months' Res. in Mex. xvii. 212 Shops for the sale of native and Spanish brandy, (aguardiente). 1828,1854[see mescal 1]. 1899St. Barbe Mod. Spain 67 Much of the fun of the fair consists in sipping aguardiente, a strong liqueur. 1926D. H. Lawrence Plumed Serp. iv. 80 The hateful sugar-cane brandy, aguardiente. |