A brandy (occasionally also a white wine) produced in the Nantes region of France (more fully Nants brandy, Nants wine). Hence more widely: any…

brandy made in France (now chiefly used generically to denote any French grape-based spirit, as opposed to a designated regional brandy such as…

? Burnt brandy. (Cf. 4.) Obsolete.

(See quot. 1698.)

In Spain, Portugal, and Latin America: any of several types of strong distilled alcoholic beverage, esp. a brandy made in Spain and Portugal or a…

A French brandy of superior quality distilled from Cognac wine. The name is sometimes extended (for… Now simply cognac.

A type of brandy traditionally made in the Armagnac region of southern France; a drink of this. Also more fully Armagnac brandy.

a type of liquor flavoured with aniseed, formerly distilled by Jewish people in Morocco.

A white brandy made in Peru from muscat grapes; a drink of this. Frequently attributive in the names of cocktails, as pisco Collins, pisco sour.

South African brandy.

A spirit distilled from the marc of grapes; a drink of this. Also in marc brandy, marc de Bourgogne.

Brandy made from grapes from the Grande Champagne and Petite Champagne wine-producing regions of Cognac.

Of wine, etc.: ‘Made hot’ (Johnson); see quot. 1876; the precise early sense is doubtful. (Now only dialect) burnt brandy: that from which part of…

In full dop brandy. Cape brandy, made from grape-skins.

brandy distilled from grapes or wine without admixture of any other ingredient.

A brandy distilled from the skins, pips, and stalks of the grapes after they have been pressed for winemaking. (Cf. marc, n.)

In the Philippine Islands: = aguardiente, n. Also in combinations.

very special old pale (brandy).

attributive. U.S. slang. Designating strong home-made or illicit alcoholic spirits; chiefly in jackass brandy. Cf. sense 5. Now historical.

High quality brandy; spec. = fine champagne, n. Also more fully fine (de la) maison.

brandy thought to be of great age or merit; (also) a glass or variety of this.

A proprietary name for: a make of cognac. Also: a drink of this.

A white brandy distilled from fermented raspberry juice, particularly associated with the region of Alsace in north-eastern France.

A raw brandy originating in the northern Transvaal (now Limpopo province) and distilled (often illicitly) from fruits such as peaches, karee-berries…

Home-brewed brandy, a strong and colourless raw spirit.

A proprietary name (as Metaxa or Metaxas) for: a dark, sweetened Greek brandy. Also: a drink or glass of this.

A Spanish brandy; also, a drink of this.

= Napoleon brandy n. at compounds. rare.