mountain dewn.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊntᵻn djuː/,

/ˈmaʊntᵻn dʒuː/,

/ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈdjuː/,

/ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈdʒuː/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌd(j)u/,

/ˌmaʊnt(ə)n ˈd(j)u/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., dew n.

Etymology: < mountain n. + dew n.

1. literary. Dew of the kind that settles on mountains.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [noun] > types of

night-dewa1398

May-dew?a1425

rosmarine1616

butterdew1724

mountain dew1782

1782 H. More Belshazzar ii. 174 The mountain dews Fell, cold and wet, on his defenceless head.

1827 W. Wordsworth Poet. Wks. I. 111 Whose footsteps print the mountain dew.

1839 J. H. Ingraham Amer. Lounger 122 All the nations of this land shall have dwindled like the mountain dews before the morning.

1907 F. T. Barton Terriers xviii. 131 A sound jacket to keep out the mountain dew and rain.

a1916 A. Seeger Poems 70 His life was nursed in beauty, like the stream Born of clear showers and the mountain dew.

2000 Asbury Park Press (Neptune, New Jersey) (Nexis) 13 Sept. h44 Maybe it's the sea air or the mountain dew, but the wines exhibit deep fruit, silky, balanced oak and mineral/melon essences.

2. colloquial. Whisky or other spirit, esp. when home-made or illicit. Cf. moonshine n. 4.For an earlier use of dew to mean alcoholic drink, see Bacchus' dew at dew n. 3d.The claim in quot. 1945 that the phrase was used in Standard English for genuine Scotch whisky is unsubstantiated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > illicit whisky

poteen1809

mountain dew1816

poteen whiskey1816

white whisky1822

pine-top1858

white mule1880

wild-cat whisky1881

brush whisky1885

wild cat1887

white lightning1907

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > Scotch whisky

Scotch whisky1793

mountain dew1816

Scotch1883

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality Introd., in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 12 A pleasing..liquor, which was vended..under the name of mountain dew.

1855 J. D. Burn Autobiogr. Beggar Boy x. 153 The exhilarating fumes of mountain dew, vulgarly called whisky toddy.

1899 R. L. Taylor in B. A. Botkin Treasury Amer. Folklore (1944) III. 411 They gathered there on rainy days to talk politics and religion, and to drink ‘mountain’ dew and fight.

1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. ix. 168 Illicit whisky, as made in stills in bush areas, is known as mountain dew. This is a variation of the Standard English use of the term for genuine Scotch whisky. It is also used in America.

1973 Hansard (Grenada) 24 Aug. 49 You have a fine of $460.00 for people who sell mountain dew or jack iron or uncustomed liquor.

1997 Sat. Evening Post 15 May 38 Over glasses of purest mountain dew, judiciously adulterated with..cider to reduce its lethal potency, Horatio Venables told Connery about Yancey County.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mountain dew
释义	mountain dewn. Brit. /ˈmaʊntᵻn djuː/, /ˈmaʊntᵻn dʒuː/, /ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈdjuː/, /ˌmaʊntᵻn ˈdʒuː/, U.S. /ˈmaʊnt(ə)n ˌd(j)u/, /ˌmaʊnt(ə)n ˈd(j)u/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mountain n., dew n. Etymology: < mountain n. + dew n. 1. literary. Dew of the kind that settles on mountains. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [noun] > types of night-dewa1398 May-dew?a1425 rosmarine1616 butterdew1724 mountain dew1782 1782 H. More Belshazzar ii. 174 The mountain dews Fell, cold and wet, on his defenceless head. 1827 W. Wordsworth Poet. Wks. I. 111 Whose footsteps print the mountain dew. 1839 J. H. Ingraham Amer. Lounger 122 All the nations of this land shall have dwindled like the mountain dews before the morning. 1907 F. T. Barton Terriers xviii. 131 A sound jacket to keep out the mountain dew and rain. a1916 A. Seeger Poems 70 His life was nursed in beauty, like the stream Born of clear showers and the mountain dew. 2000 Asbury Park Press (Neptune, New Jersey) (Nexis) 13 Sept. h44 Maybe it's the sea air or the mountain dew, but the wines exhibit deep fruit, silky, balanced oak and mineral/melon essences. 2. colloquial. Whisky or other spirit, esp. when home-made or illicit. Cf. moonshine n. 4.For an earlier use of dew to mean alcoholic drink, see Bacchus' dew at dew n. 3d.The claim in quot. 1945 that the phrase was used in Standard English for genuine Scotch whisky is unsubstantiated. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > illicit whisky poteen1809 mountain dew1816 poteen whiskey1816 white whisky1822 pine-top1858 white mule1880 wild-cat whisky1881 brush whisky1885 wild cat1887 white lightning1907 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > Scotch whisky Scotch whisky1793 mountain dew1816 Scotch1883 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality Introd., in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 12 A pleasing..liquor, which was vended..under the name of mountain dew. 1855 J. D. Burn Autobiogr. Beggar Boy x. 153 The exhilarating fumes of mountain dew, vulgarly called whisky toddy. 1899 R. L. Taylor in B. A. Botkin Treasury Amer. Folklore (1944) III. 411 They gathered there on rainy days to talk politics and religion, and to drink ‘mountain’ dew and fight. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. ix. 168 Illicit whisky, as made in stills in bush areas, is known as mountain dew. This is a variation of the Standard English use of the term for genuine Scotch whisky. It is also used in America. 1973 Hansard (Grenada) 24 Aug. 49 You have a fine of $460.00 for people who sell mountain dew or jack iron or uncustomed liquor. 1997 Sat. Evening Post 15 May 38 Over glasses of purest mountain dew, judiciously adulterated with..cider to reduce its lethal potency, Horatio Venables told Connery about Yancey County. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1782
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