brandyn.
/ˈbrandi/, U.S. /ˈbrændi/ a. Originally and chiefly: an ardent spirit distilled from wine or grapes. Later also applied to spirits of similar flavour and appearance, obtained from other materials.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun]
brandya1640
bingo1699
eau-de-vie1748
O.D.V.1839
jack-a-dandy1857
α.
β. 1657 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1751) Introd. 5 The late Dutch war..occasioned the bringing in of such superfluity of brandy.1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica Viewed (ed. 2) 61 Of your Wine and Brandee, youl'e be free.1790 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 543 Does Nonsense mend, like Brandy, when imported?1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iii. ii. 158 And take his snack of brandy for digestion.a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Beggers Bush iii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ll2/2 Buy any brand wine, buy any brand wine?
c1650 Roxburghe Ballads (1886) VI. 320 It is more fine than Brandewine, The Butterboxes' Poison.
1652 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 153. 2391 Laden with Woolls, Brandy Wine and Salt.
1697 View Penal Laws 173 No Aqua-Vitæ or Brandy-Wine shall be imported into England.
1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 24 I was entertained; With Kisses fine and Brandy Wine.
b. A drink of brandy. Similarly brandy-and soda (cf. B. and S. n. at B n. Initialisms 1.)
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > a drink of
sneakera1814
ball of fire1821
sopie1863
brandy1884
jollop1920
1884 G. Moore Mummer's Wife (1887) 193 The brandies and sodas supped in the dressing room.
1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth 253 Charlie had two brandies-and-sodas instead of his usual glass of milk.
1903 Daily Chron. 11 Nov. 5/2 Took a brandy before going to kirk, lest I should smell of whisky in the house of the Lord!
1932 E. Bowen To North xvii. 174 They would want two brandies.
c. figurative. Something that stimulates or excites.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > that which excites
provocativea1450
brandy1903
turn-on1969
1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman iii. 99 Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.
1930 M. Enthoven tr. Janni Machiavelli 80 Machiavelli is the most glorious distiller of political brandy who has ever existed.
Compounds
C1. General attributive brandy-bottle n., brandy-pawnee n.
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brandy-cag n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor > for brandy
brandy-bottle1676
brandy-cag1787
brandy-flask1834
brandy-keg1865
1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lousiad: Canto II 27 in Lousiad: Canto I (ed. 4) And for a cruet stands a brandy cag.
brandy-devil n.
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1820 P. B. Shelley Œdipus Tyrannus i. 8 Fat martyrs to the persecution Of stifling turtle-soup, and brandy-devils.
brandy-dough n.
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1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (rev. ed.) App. p. xlvi Supplied with brandy dough, or meal-powder moistened with brandy.
brandy-flask n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor > for brandy
brandy-bottle1676
brandy-cag1787
brandy-flask1834
brandy-keg1865
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. iii. 54 I've emptied the brandy flask, and that's a bad job.
brandy-keg n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > large for liquor > for brandy
brandy-bottle1676
brandy-cag1787
brandy-flask1834
brandy-keg1865
1865 N. Brit. Rev. Sept. 227 Ula informed me that he had lost the brandy-keg.
brandy-man n.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in food and drink > in liquor
wine-merchantc950
vintnerc1430
cooperc1503
merchant vintner1532
beer-monger1622
wine-cooper1635
firkin-man1706
brandy-man1723
brandy-merchant1771
gin spinner1778
liqueur merchant1801
almacenista1846
liquor-dealer1859
négociant1910
society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of liquor
wine-tavernerc950
vinter1297
wine-drawer1415
vintnerc1430
vintenerc1450
ale-taker1454
merchant vintner1532
winer1532
ale-man1600
gaugerc1610
brandy-man1723
purl-man1797
haberdasher1821
gin-shopper1831
liquor-seller1855
diddle-cove1858
curate1882
off-licensee1892
1723 London Gaz. No. 6172/9 Henry Gillum..Brandyman.
brandy-merchant n.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in food and drink > in liquor
wine-merchantc950
vintnerc1430
cooperc1503
merchant vintner1532
beer-monger1622
wine-cooper1635
firkin-man1706
brandy-man1723
brandy-merchant1771
gin spinner1778
liqueur merchant1801
almacenista1846
liquor-dealer1859
négociant1910
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 247 After some unsuccessful essays in the way of poetry, he commenced brandy-merchant.
brandy-shop n.
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1705 J. Addison Play-house in New Coll. Poems State Affairs 488 Forgets his Pomp..And to some peaceful Brandy-Shop retires.
b. In the names of drinks.
brandy and soda n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > brandy and soda
peg1860
brandy and soda1871
B. and S.a1878
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. ix. 300 Send me..a..supply of brandy and soda.
brandy and water n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > brandy and water
brandy-pawnee1816
mahogany1816
brandy and water1829
1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer II. i. 7 A hot..glass of brandy and water.
brandy-flip n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > brandy cocktail
flesh and blood1825
brandy-smash1850
spider1854
brandy-flip1865
king's peg1890
sidecar1922
sol y sombra1930
Brandy Alexander1946
1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 62 Articles of food and drink..such as egg-nog and brandy-flip.
brandy-posset n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > hot alcoholic drinks (with milk or eggs) > [noun] > posset
posseta1425
balductumc1450
sack-posset1601
pepper posset1669
treacle-posset1732
brandy-posset1769
powsowdie1825
egg-posset1832
beer-posset1842
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper xiv. 286 To make a Brandy Posset.
brandy-punch n.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > hot alcoholic drinks (with milk or eggs) > [noun] > punch > types of punch
rum punch1683
brandy-punch1689
milk punch1702
rack punch1713
tea-punch1728
rumbo1738
lime-punch1774
Tom and Jerries1822
poteen punch1826
Oxford punch1827
bimbo1837
mumbo-jum1837
1689 S. Sewall Diary (1878) I. 306 In the Lord's Hall Guy's Pot was filled with Brandy Punch.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xiii. 265 Mr. Jarvie compounded..a very small bowl of brandy-punch.
brandy toddy n.
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1859 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 7 A stiff tumbler of brandy toddy.
c. † brandy-face adj. Obsolete
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [noun] > face or nose > person
tripe-cheek1599
brandy-facea1687
redstreak1771
a1687 C. Cotton Aeneid Burlesqued (1692) 85 You goodman Brandy-face, unfist her.
d.
brandy-burnt adj.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > of face > with good living
rubicund1575
brandy-burnt1838
rubiferous1841
brandy-faced1861
1838 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1871) I. 161 A large..brandy-burnt, heavy-faced man.
brandy-faced adj.
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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > of face > with good living
rubicund1575
brandy-burnt1838
rubiferous1841
brandy-faced1861
1861 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 284 Hulking labourers and brandy-faced viragos, squabbling at tavern doors.
brandy-sodden adj.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > affected by > specific drink
for-lode1565
winy1594
vinomadefied1652
whiskified1802
gin-soaked1836
ginny1837
vinous1847
brandy-sodden1854
brandified1863
1854 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gen. Bounce (1855) I. ix. 203 Sufficient to destroy the ideal in the most brandy-sodden brain.
C2. † brandy galaxy n. U.S. Obsolete (perhaps) a cocktail whose ingredients include brandy and milk.
brandy-ball n. a kind of sweet.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > confections or sweetmeats > sweets > [noun] > a sweet > globular sweet
aniseed ball1700
bull's-eye1825
brandy-ball1849
blackball1851
dump1869
cake ball1896
gobstopper1906
gulab jamun1917
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. v Brandy-ball and hardbake vendors.
1862 H. Mayhew & J. Binny Criminal Prisons of London 51 Buttons, that have much the appearance of small brandy-balls.
brandy-butter n. a hard sauce made of brandy and butter.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > butter sauces
burneux1430
brown butter1653
butter1654
butter saucea1665
melted butter1807
poulette1813
black butter1824
rum butter1824
Montpellier butter1830
maître d'hôtel sauce1845
beurre noir1855
beurréa1865
sugar-butter sauce1901
brandy-butter1939
1939 ‘Vivette’ in A. L. Simon Concise Encycl. Gastronomy I. 29/2 In U.S.A., a Hard Sauce is made with one measure of fresh butter to two of castor sugar... In England, a similar sauce is called Brandy Butter or Rum Butter.
brandy-cherry n. = cherry-brandy; also cherries preserved in brandy.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > liqueur > [noun] > kinds of
rosa solis1564
rose wine1603
rose of solace1604
ros solis1607
ratafia1670
brandy-cherrya1687
cherry-brandy1686
kernel-water1706
cherry cordial1710
visney1733
walnut-water1747
aniseed1749
maraschino1770
noyau1787
rosolio1796
cherry-bounce1798
absinthe1803
Parfait Amour1805
curaçao1813
ginger cordial1813
citronelle1818
pine1818
crèmea1821
alkermes1825
Goldwasser1826
citronella1834
anisette1837
goldwater1849
crème de cassis1851
Van der Hum1861
chocolate liqueur1864
kümmel1864
chartreuse1866
pimento dram1867
Trappistine1877
green muse1878
rock and rye1878
Benedictine1882
liqueur brandy1882
mandarin1882
green1889
Drambuie1893
advocaat1895
Grand Marnier1900
green fairy1902
green peril1905
cassis1907
Strega1910
quetsch1916
cointreau1920
anis1926
Izarra1926
Southern Comfort1934
amaro1945
Tia Maria1948
amaretto1969
Sabra1970
sambuca1971
Midori1978
limoncello1993
the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > cherry > cherry preserved in brandy
brandy-cherry1853
a1687 C. Cotton Aeneid Burlesqued (1692) 83 Whether 't was that she..Fainted for want of brandy-cherry.
1853 Harper's Mag. July 275/2 A swine drunk on brandy-cherry stones is disgusting.
1885 C. M. Yonge Two Sides of Shield II. v. 101 And there was Miss Hacket getting brandy cherries and strong coffee.
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1845 Peter Parley's Ann. 176 Will was especially fond of mint julip, and brandy galaxy.
brandy paper n. paper steeped in brandy.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > brandy > [noun] > paper steeped in brandy
brandy paper1769
1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. House-keeper viii. 201 Tie them down with Brandy Papers over them.
brandy-peach n. etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > stone fruit > [noun] > peach > peach preserved in brandy
brandy-peach1781
1781 W. Hayley Triumphs of Temper iii. 467 Eager she plies them with a brandy peach.
brandy-smash n. U.S. (see quot. 1909 and smash n.1 5).
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > brandy cocktail
flesh and blood1825
brandy-smash1850
spider1854
brandy-flip1865
king's peg1890
sidecar1922
sol y sombra1930
Brandy Alexander1946
1850 A. W. Thaxter Poem before Iadma 7 Or didst thou at the Pemberton absorb a brandy-smash?
1855 M. Thompson Doesticks xxxii. 290 [A] man followed me in, and as I was taking a ‘brandy-smash’, he stepped up and asked me my name.
1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xv. 149 Our general said..‘Give us a brandy smash!’
1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Brandy-smash, a drink made by mixing brandy with crushed ice and putting a few sprigs of mint in the glass.
brandy-snap n. wafer-like gingerbread.
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Brandy Alexander n. (also with lower-case initial(s)) a cocktail made with brandy, chocolate liqueur, and cream, typically garnished with nutmeg (see Alexander n.2).
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > cocktail > [noun] > brandy cocktail
flesh and blood1825
brandy-smash1850
spider1854
brandy-flip1865
king's peg1890
sidecar1922
sol y sombra1930
Brandy Alexander1946
1946 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 13 Dec. 4/3 (advt.) Brandy Alexander 50c.
1977 Boston Sunday Globe 19 June 60/1 Cocktails made with sweet liqueurs, such as brandy Alexanders or grasshoppers, contain 300 or more calories.
2011 R. Flanagan Dragon Bait vii. 103 Someone's idea of a Brandy Alexander: real brandy, but cheap, harsh spirits; the supposed half-and-half was only canned evaporated milk; and powdered instant coffee stood in for creme de cacao.
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† brandyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= branded adj.3
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > stripiness > [adjective] > streaked
brinded1430
straked1537
branded1561
flaked1577
pencilled1592
streaked1600
brandy1608
striated1646
straky1650
bestreakeda1658
tabby1665
whipped1673
brindle1676
brindled1678
striate1678
rowy1742
streaky1747
virgated1803
roded1841
fibrilloso-striate1846
roey1850
tabbied1861
rody1864
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 199 Squalidus albenti color est..In English..brandy colour.
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brandyv.
1. transitive. To mix or treat with brandy.
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the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [verb (transitive)] > add dash of spirits
lace1685
brandy1835
spike1889
1835 E. Howard in Metropolitan Mag. 14 2964 [He] scolded Quasha for not brandying his sangaree.
1855 Fraser's Mag. 51 647 The French do not brandy up their wines for home consumption.
2.
a. To refresh or fortify with brandy.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > drink spirits
to freshen the nip1827
grog1833
brandy1836
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) v. 50 When his guests had been washed, mended, brushed, and brandied.
1862 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 2nd Ser. ii. 120 At the Six-Mile House, our horses were watered, and the passengers brandied.
b. to brandy it: to drink brandy in excess.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > specific drink
to brandy ita1819
a1819 J. Wolcot Wks. (1830) 138 He surely had been brandying it, or beering.
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