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单词 usque
释义

usquen.

Forms: Also 1700s usquæ, husque, usky (cf. whisky n.1).
Etymology: Shortened < usquebaugh n.
Scottish. Obsolete.
= usquebaugh n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun]
usquebaugh1581
creature1638
corn-brandy1704
whisky1715
usque1728
spunkiea1796
skreigh1813
the stuff1828
snake poison1842
tanglefoot1860
whisky-straight1864
oil1869
Auld Kirk1884
snake juice1890
screech1902
scat1914
pinch bottle1916
screecham1923
juice1932
malt1967
1728 A. Ramsay Epist. to Friends in Ireland 10 Drinking roundly rum and claret, Ale and usquæ.
1739 A. Nicol Poems 76 Good ale and Usque ga'd about In Healths.
1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. viii. 188 This drink [common ale] is of itself apt to give a Diarrhea, and therefore..they interlace it with Brandy or Usky.

Compounds

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1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xviii. 83 My Merchants..mov'd the Usky Vessels before 'em.
1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xviii. 84 The Usky Men were my Companions.
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