n. Irish & Scots
Whiskey.
[Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha and Irish Gaelic uisce beatha, water of life, whiskey (translation of Medieval Latin aqua vītae) : Old Irish uisce, water + Old Irish bethad, genitive of bethu, life.]
usquebaugh
Dictionary:
us·que·baugh (ŭs'kwĭ-bô', -bä') 
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n. Irish & Scots
Whiskey.
| Obscure Words: usquebaugh |
[fr. Irish Gaelic uisce beathadh, water of life, whiskey (translation of Medieval Latin aqua vitae)]
/OOS kwi bah/ Irish & Scot. whiskey
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