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toddy |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Toddy \Tod"dy\, n. [Formed from Hind. t[=a]?[=i] the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr t[=a]? the palmyra tree, Skr. t[=a]la.] 1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation. 2. A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened. Note: Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of spirit, and is being made hot and sweetened. {Toddy bird} (Zo["o]l.), a weaver bird of the East Indies and India: -- so called from its fondness for the juice of the palm. {Toddy cat} (Zo["o]l.), the common paradoxure; the palm cat. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: toddy n : liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot [syn: {hot toddy}]
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