rye (whisky)

  • 11Whisky — Para otros usos de este término, véase Whisky (desambiguación). Whisky escocés. El whisky (en gaélico escocés, uisge beatha), whiskey (en irlandés, uisce beatha o fuisce) o güisqui …

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  • 12rye whiskey — noun whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt • Syn: ↑rye, ↑rye whisky • Hypernyms: ↑whiskey, ↑whisky * * * noun : a whiskey distilled from rye or from a mixture of rye and malt * * * rye1 (defs. 4, 5). [1775 85, Amer …

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  • 13Whisky — Whis|ky 〈[vı̣ski] od. engl. [wı̣skı] m. 6〉 goldgelber Kornbranntwein; →a. Whiskey [<engl. whisky, Kurzform von whiskybae <gälisch uisge beatha „Lebenswasser“] * * * Whịs|ky [ vɪski , …ki, wɪski], der; s, s [engl. whiskey, whisky, gek. aus… …

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  • 14rye — noun 1》 a wheat like cereal plant which tolerates poor soils and low temperatures. [Secale cereale.] 2》 (also rye whisky) whisky in which a significant amount of the grain used in distillation is fermented rye. 3》 short for rye bread. Origin OE… …

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  • 15rye — n. 1 a a cereal plant, Secale cereale, with spikes bearing florets which yield wheatlike grains. b the grain of this used for bread and fodder. 2 (in full rye whisky) whisky distilled from fermented rye. Etymology: OE ryge f. Gmc …

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  • 16rye — A grain used in the making of flour and whisky. A short term for rye whisky …

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  • 17rye — noun /raɪ/ a) A grass, Secale cereale, or its grains used for food and fodder. Scientific name: Secale cereale. b) Rye whisky …

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  • 18rye — [raı] n [U] [: Old English; Origin: ryge] 1.) a type of grain that is used for making bread and ↑whisky ▪ rye bread 2.) also .rye whiskey AmE a type of American ↑whisky made from rye …

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  • 19Whisky — Whis ky, Whiskey Whis key, n. [Ir. or Gael. uisge water (perhaps akin to E. wash, water) in uisgebeatha whiskey, properly, water of life. Cf. {Usquebaugh}.] An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland,… …

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  • 20Whisky Jack — Whisky Whis ky, Whiskey Whis key, n. [Ir. or Gael. uisge water (perhaps akin to E. wash, water) in uisgebeatha whiskey, properly, water of life. Cf. {Usquebaugh}.] An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in… …

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