Word Meanings - WHISKYWHISKEY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley. Bourbon whisky, corn whisky made in Bourbon County, Kentucky. -- Crooked whisky. See under Crooked. -- Whisky Jack (Zoöl.), the Canada jay (Perisoreus Canadensis). It is noted for its fearless and familiar habits when it frequents the camps of lumbermen in the winter season. Its color is dull grayish blue, lighter beneath. Called also moose bird.

• Winter's bark
  The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577.
• Notebook
  A book in which notes or memorandums are written.
• Underestimate
  To set to/ low a value on; to estimate below the truth.
• Undershrub
  Partly shrublike.
• Colorman
  A vender of paints, etc.
• CROOKESTUBE
  A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it.
• Noticeable
  Capable of being observed; worthy of notice; likely to attract observation; conspicous.
• Underglaze
  Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting.
• Understair
  Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants' quarters; hence, subordinate; menial.
• Distillable
  Capable of being distilled; especially, capable of being distilled without chemical change or decomposition; as, alcohol is distillable; olive oil is not distillable.
• UNDERSLUNGUNDERHUNG
  Of an automobile body, suspended from the springs in such a manner that the frame of the chassis is below the axles, the object being to lower the center of gravity of the car.
• Notobranchiate
  Of or pertaining to the Notobranchiata.
• Undergrub
  To undermine.
• Understratum
  The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil.
• Familiarly
  In a familiar manner.
• Underkingdom
  A subordinate or dependent kingdom.
• Undertime
  The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening.
• Intoxicating
  of Intoxicate
• Seasoning
  of Season

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