Whisky

Whiskey , hwis′ki, n. a spirit made by the distillation of the fermented extract from malted and unmalted cereals, potatoes, or any starch-yielding material—the best qualities made either from malted barley alone, or from a mixed grist of barley-malt and dried barley and oats.— adjs. Whis′kified , Whis′keyfied , intoxicated.— n. Whis′ky-liv′er , cirrhosis of the liver, from too much whisky.— Whisky insurrection , an outbreak against the excise regulations which occurred in Western Pennsylvania in 1794; Whisky toddy , toddy having whisky for its chief ingredient. [Gael. uisge beath a — uisge , water, beath a , life; cf. L. vita , Gr. bios , life.]