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whisky(1) (iou) and numerator (oh)


whisky(1) (iou)



whisky noun1 & verb. Also (see note below) whiskey. E18.
[Var. of USQUE.]
A. noun. A spirit distilled chiefly in Scotland and Ireland from malted barley, or from barley with maize or rye; a similar spirit distilled chiefly in the US from either rye or maize; a drink of this. E18.
blended whisky: see BLEND verb2 1b. corn-whiskey: see CORN noun1 3c. grain whisky: see GRAIN noun1. Irish whiskey: see IRISH adjective. malt whisky: see MALT noun1 & adjective. rye whiskey: see RYE noun1. Scotch whisky: see SCOTCH. single malt whisky: see SINGLE adjective & adverb.
V. Glendinning On top of the whiskies the Wine made her truculent. Anne Stevenson She stood drinking whisky and ginger..in Miller's bar.
Comb.: whiskey-straight US colloq. a drink of whiskey without water; whiskey-water N. Amer. a drink of whiskey and water; whisky mac (also with cap. initials) (a drink of) whisky and ginger Wine mixed in equal amounts; whisky money Hist. the proportion of the beer and spirit duty which was allocated by law to technical Education; whisky priest slang a habitually drunken priest; whisky-soda N. Amer., Austral., & NZ (a drink of) whisky and soda; whisky sour a drink of whisky and lemon or lime juice; whisky voice colloq. a hoarse or rough voice.
b. verb trans. Supply with whisky, give a drink of whisky to. rare. M19.
? The Irish and US product is now usu. spelt whiskey.
whiskied adjective saturated with or smelling of whisky M19.
whiskified adjective affected by excessive drinking of whisky E19.
whiskyish adjective affected by whisky, smelling of whisky E20.

numerator (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin; Origin: Latin numerare; NUMERATION]
the number above the line in a fraction, for example 5 is the numerator in 5/6
-see also denominator denominator