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▪ I. grog, n.|grɒg|
Also 8 grogg.
[Said to be short for grogram, and to have been applied first as a personal nickname to Admiral Vernon, from the fact of his wearing a grogram cloak, and afterwards transferred to the mixture which he ordered to be served out instead of neat spirit.
Vernon's order, dated Aug. 1740, is still extant. The statement that he wore a grogram cloak, and was thence nicknamed ‘Old Grog’, first appears explicitly in Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue 1796, but derives some support from Trotter's allusion in quot. 1781.]
1. a. A drink consisting of spirits (originally rum) and water. half and half grog, a drink made of equal parts of spirits and water; seven-water grog, a contemptuous name among sailors for very weak grog.
1770[see groggy a. 1]. 1773Ives Voy. & Hist. Narr. India 100 A common sailor..having just been served with a quantity of grog (arrack mixed with water), had his spirits..much elated. 1781Trotter Written on board the Berwick in N. & Q. Ser. i. I. 168 A mighty bowl on deck he drew, And filled it to the brink; Such drank the Burford's gallant crew, And such the gods shall drink, The sacred robe which Vernon wore Was drenched within the same; And hence his virtues guard our shore, And Grog derives its name. 1794Southey Botany Bay iii. Poems II. 82 Thou wilt go without grog, Sam, to-morrow at dinner. 1823Byron Island ii. xix, But such as wafts its cloud o'er grog or ale. 1835Marryat Jac. Faithf. xii, Do put a little drop of stuff in mine—it's seven water grog. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville (1849) 87 A free allowance of grog..soon put them in the most braggart spirits. 1876J. Grant One of the ‘600’ xxvi. 207 It will still freeze half-and-half grog as hard as rock crystal. 1883Stevenson Treas. Isl. ii. x, Double grog was going on the least excuse.
b. A social gathering at which grog is drunk.
1888Sir M. Mackenzie Fredk. the Noble xii. 228 A ‘Grog’..was held every evening in the Reading Room of the Hôtel Mediterranée.
c. Austral. and N.Z. colloq. Alcoholic liquor, including beer.
1946New Statesman 23 Nov. 375/1 A ‘Wowser’ seeks to interfere with or limit the pleasure of others... Common types are the Grog Wowser, Sheila Wowser, Sunday Wowser, Cine-wowser. 1948D. W. Ballantyne in Landfall II. 110 Taking the old man's car, and there'll be some grog. 1955‘N. Shute’ Requiem for Wren i. 9 The man was always on the grog, 'n your Dad gave them the sack. 1966G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. vi. 130 Grog is still used as a general term for drink, including, or even especially beer.
2. A ‘groggy’ horse. (Cf. groggy 2.)
1818Sporting Mag. II. 207 Pronouncing any horse a grog, that, although not absolutely lame, goes stiff in his joints.
3. (See quots.).
1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. II. 158 With it [the clay for fire-bricks] is ground up a certain proportion of some refractory substance, such as previously burnt pottery..‘Grog’, as it is termed, opens the pores of the clay. 1881C. T. Davis Manuf. Bricks & Tiles etc. (1889) 110 The vitrifying ingredients usually added to the terra-cotta clays are pure white sand, old pottery, and fire-bricks finely pulverized, and clay previously burned, termed ‘grog’.
4. attrib. and Comb., as grog-bibber, grog-butt; grog-blossom, a redness or pimple on the nose caused by excessive drinking (acne rosacea); hence grog-blossomed adj.; † grog-den N.Z. = groggery (obs.); grog-fight (slang), a drinking-party (cf. tea-fight); † grog-hole U.S., † grog-shanty U.S., Austral., and N.Z. = groggery (obs. exc. Hist.); grog-shop, a dram-shop, public-house; also (Pugilistic slang) the mouth.
1824in Spirit Publ. Jrnls. (1825) 207 [It] was enough to anger the most sober *grog-bibber that ever tossed tumbler over lip.
1796Grose's Dict. Vulg. Tongue, *Grog-blossom. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) II. 56 The common name for these protuberances in Ireland is Grog-Blossoms. 1883T. Hardy Wessex Tales, Three Strangers (1889) 13 A few grog-blossoms marked the neighbourhood of his nose.
1852Househ. Words 23 Oct. 135 The ancient huntsman has transferred his stained scarlet frock and *grog-blossomed countenance to another master.
1863Cornh. Mag. Feb., These gentlemen [master's assistants of a Man-of-war] have had to stand at the *grog-butt, and see the grog served out.
1840N.Z. Jrnl. I. xvi. 198/2 Where a year ago only three *grog-dens warned the passer-by..not to land on the beach, a neat row of wooden houses..extends along the line at high water.
1865Slang Dict., *Grog-fight, a drinking party.—Military. 1876R. M. Jephson Girl he Left Behind i, He had been having a ‘grog-fight’ in his room to celebrate the event.
1848Knickerbocker XVIII. 521 He was busy about the village, penetrating every *grog-hole and gambling-alley. 1871Scribner's Monthly I. 537 Grog-holes, billiard saloons..were well patronized.
1869Auckland Punch 163/1, I..reached the *grog-shanty in safety. 1888C. D. Warner On Horseback (1896) 47 The woods were full of grog-shanties. 1963A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 77 It consists of a weatherboard, tin-roofed grog-shanty. 1966Telegraph (Brisbane) 7 Dec. 10/3 As Australia developed, pubs and drinking habits changed. The grog shanties were replaced by comfortable inns.
1790J. B. Moreton Mann. W. Ind. 35 There are some good taverns,..also an incredible number of petty ones, called *grog shops. 1850Thackeray Mr. & Mrs. Berry i, Claret drawn in profusion from the gown-boy's grogshop. 1883Stevenson Treas. Isl. i. i, ‘This is a handy cove’, says he, ‘and a pleasant grog-shop’.
▪ II. grog, v.|grɒg|
[f. the n.]
1. intr. To drink grog.
1833J. Jekyll Corr. (1894) 318 Captain Ross..has dined and grogged with messmate William at Windsor. 1886Tinsley's Mag. July 53 [They] met, grogged, smoked and discussed the news of the day. 1887S. Samuels From Forecastle to Cabin 193, I ordered all hands to grog and turn-in.
2. trans. To extract spirit from (an empty cask) by pouring hot water into it, and letting it stand.
1878Lincoln, Rutland, & Stamf. Mercury 8 Mar. (D.), The defendants had ‘grogged’ the casks by putting in hot water, and thereby had extracted 15 gallons of proof spirit on which duty had not been paid. 1899N.B. Daily Mail 20 Jan. 2 Some traders..‘grogged’ the empty cask and thus obtained some additional spirit from the wood, duty free.
3. ? U.S. To make (spirits) into grog by mixing with water (Cent. Dict.). |