Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-usquebaugh.html" title="Facts and information about usquebaugh">usquebaugh</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

usquebaugh

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

usquebaugh WHISKY1. XVI. — Ir. and Sc. Gael. uisge beatha ‘water of life’, i.e. uisge WATER, beatha life.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

T. F. HOAD. "usquebaugh." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2010 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

T. F. HOAD. "usquebaugh." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 9, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-usquebaugh.html

T. F. HOAD. "usquebaugh." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 09, 2010 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-usquebaugh.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Islay distillery to revive world's 'most potent' single malt whisky HERITAGE:... Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald Jenifer Johnston February 26, 2006 700+ words ...tomorrow at an Islay distillery. The usquebaugh-baul blend will be at least a senses...the idea of producing a limited run of usquebaugh- baul since reading about the whisky...of Scotland in 1703. Martin wrote of usquebaugh-baul: ". . . the first taste affects...
	Islay's firewater malt will take the breath away. Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) February 26, 2006 700+ words ...affect all the members of the body'. Usquebaugh-baul, the world's strongest dram...first tasting note, Martin refers to usquebaugh-baul, saying: 'The first taste...unlikely we will ever produce any more usquebaugh-baul, so it will be much sought...
	Distillery to Revive 184-Proof Whisky News Wire article from: AP Online JENNIFER PRICE, Associated Press Writer February 27, 2006 700+ words ...quadruple distilled Scotch whisky known by its Gaelic name of 'usquebaugh-baul' which translates as 'perilous water of life' at...using a recipe for a spirit known in the Gaelic language as usquebaugh-baul, "perilous water of life." In 1695, travel writer...
	This car's a bit nippy; Test drive: James and Oz speed away after filling up... Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) January 20, 2009 700+ words ...is a sufficient dose and if any man exceed this, it would presently stop his breath and endanger his life.' Known as 'usquebaugh-baul' in Gaelic, the spirit gets its X4 name because it is quadruple-distilled, rather than the traditional twice...
	Blood, Sister.(Poem) Magazine article from: The American Poetry Review Chacon, Sasha Pimentel March 1, 2009 700+ words ...on like before on this, your stage, your cacophony of masques, where you enter the smallest player and offer them your usquebaugh and beg them to drink. 2. This is the memory I am making up of you, little sister from your photograph which uncurls like...
	Scottish distillery plans to revive centuries-old recipe for 184-proof whisky News Wire article from: AP Worldstream JENNIFER PRICE, Associated Press Writer February 27, 2006 700+ words ...alcohol content of between 40 and 63.5 per cent. Bruichladdich is using a recipe for a spirit known in the Gaelic language as usquebaugh-baul, "perilous water of life." In 1695, travel writer Martin Martin described it as powerful enough to affect "all...
	Scotsman Diary Newspaper article from: The Scotsman Fordyce Maxwell March 12, 1998 700+ words ...this, writes A Reader, is something I did know, to wit that it's not spelled that way; it can be spelled usquebae, usquebaugh, uscova, iskie bae or usque from the Gaelic uisge beatha. Put it another way: does it matter? Ticket from here TRAFFIC...
	Spirited tale of the water of life.(News) Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England) January 4, 2005 700+ words ...they also passed on to the Scots. Whisky's full name is uisce beaha, lively water or water of life, sometimes rendered usquebaugh. On Isle of Islay, close to Ireland, we find some of the wildest, most colourful whiskies. Andrew Jefford describes the...
	Ballentine's 17 Years Old- Masterpiece of the Scotch Whisky. Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea) June 30, 2000 700+ words ...masterpiece of Scotch whiskey. The word of whisky, currently enjoyed in 200 countries around the globe, came from Scotch ``Usquebaugh'' which means ``water of life.'' Whisky was first made by Catholic priests who took part in the Crusade War in the...
	SHORT SHRIFT FOR SUPER-MALT.(News) Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) March 3, 2006 700+ words ...producing 54 casks of a quadruple-distilled spirit described 300 years ago by a travel writer. Martin Martin told of the "usquebaugh-baul"malt, saying: "The first taste affects all the members of the body." Gavin Hewitt, chief executive of the SWA...

For more facts and information, see all related premium articles

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

	usquebaugh Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology usquebaugh WHISKY1 . XVI. — Ir. and Sc. Gael. uisge beatha ‘water of life’, i.e. uisge WATER , beatha life.
	uisge beatha Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition uisge beatha ( usquebaugh ) See whisky .
	whisky Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology whisky1 spirit distilled from malted barley, etc. XVIII. Shortening of whiskybae , var. of USQUEBAUGH .
	Whiskey (Whisky) Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture ...and occasionally for some U.S. whiskeys. The word "whisky"/"whiskey" is derived from the Irish and Scottish Gaelic usquebaugh or uisge beatha, meaning 'water of life' (compare the French eau-de-vie ). Whiskey is of course a high-alcohol...