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whis⋅key

  [hwis-kee, wis-] noun, plural -keys, adjective
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–noun
1. an alcoholic liquor distilled from a fermented mash of grain, as barley, rye, or corn, and usually containing from 43 to 50 percent alcohol.
2. a drink of whiskey.
3. a word used in communications to represent the letter W.
–adjective
4. made of, relating to, or resembling whiskey.
Also, whisky.

Origin:
1705–15; short for whiskybae < Ir uisce beatha or ScotGael uisge beatha, ult. trans. of ML aqua vitae lit., water of life; cf. usquebaugh
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Word Origin & History

whiskey 
1715, from Gaelic uisge beatha "whisky," lit. "water of life," from O.Ir. uisce "water" + bethu "life." The Gaelic is probably a loan-translation of M.L. aqua vitae, which had been applied to intoxicating drinks since early 14c. (cf. Fr. eau de vie "brandy"). Other early spellings in Eng. include usquebea (1706) and iskie bae (1583). Distinction between Scotch whisky and Irish and American whiskey is a 19c. innovation. Whisky sour is recorded from 1889.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: whis·key
Variant: or whis·ky /'hwis-kE, 'wis-/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural whiskeys or whiskies
: a liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley) that is sometimes used medicinally as a sedative and vasodilator
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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