usnin

[Mod. Lat. usn(ea); Eng. suff. -in.] [USNIC-ACID.] ŭs-quě-bâugh (ghsilent), *usque beath a, subst. [Irish & Gael. uisgebeatha usquebaugh, whisky, lit.=water of life (cf. Lat. aqua vitæ; Fr. eau de vie ), from uisge water, whisky (q.v.), and beath a (cogn. with Gr. bios, and Lat. vita ) =life.] 1. Whisky. "Usquebaugh to our feast in pails was brought up." Swift: Description of Irish Feast. 2. A strong compound cordial made of brandy or other spirits, raisins, cinnamon, cloves, and other ingredients. "Pewter basins of usquebaugh and brandy blazed all night in the tents." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xvi. *ŭs-self, *us-silf, pron . [English us , and self . ] Ourselves. "If we demyden wiseli u ilf , we schulen not be demed."- Woliffe : 1 Corinthians xi. 31.