Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
- transitive verb To preserve, flavor, or mix with brandy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A spirituous liquor obtained by the distillation of wine, or of the refuse of the winepress.
- Smutty.
- To mix or flavor with brandy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain.
- noun fruit preserved in brandy and sugar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable An
alcoholic liquor distilled fromwine orfermented fruit juice . - noun countable Any variety of brandy.
- noun countable A glass of brandy.
- verb transitive To
preserve ,flavour , ormix with brandy.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It seems to have been liberated from the pharmacy and drunk for pleasure in the 15th century, when the terms Bernewyn and brannten Wein, ancestors of our word brandy that meant “burning” or “burnt” wine, appear in German laws about public drunkenness.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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It seems to have been liberated from the pharmacy and drunk for pleasure in the 15th century, when the terms Bernewyn and brannten Wein, ancestors of our word brandy that meant “burning” or “burnt” wine, appear in German laws about public drunkenness.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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You can get beef and mutton there, and damper, and tea no doubt, and what they call brandy, as long as you've got the money to pay for it.
John Caldigate Anthony Trollope 1848
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Drank half a bottle of some sort of spirits -- probably spirits of wine; for what they call brandy, rum, &c. &c. here is nothing but spirits of wine, coloured accordingly.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Stir in brandy and fruit mixture, as well as chopped pecans.
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I suggest a Sanctuary drinking game wherein every time Magnus makes a hackneyed historical or literary reference, you take five sips of fine 100 year old brandy from a large snifter.
Sanctuary Returns to SyFy for 3rd Season « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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Trolls I suggest you go with something else to mellow you out: maybe a nice drink that consists of Earl Grey iced tea, some Germain-Robin brandy, some Bärenjäger (which is a honey liqueur), and lemon.
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The fruit - and indeed the cake itself - is traditionally soaked in brandy or some kind of other liquor.
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I'll raise MINE when my black current brandy is ready (it's steeping in a jug in the pantry as I write) in September!
Cheers Y'all! ____Maggie 2008
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I also have read of "brandy paper", where a small round of parchment paper is dipped in brandy to cover and help preserve the contents of the jar.
reesetee commented on the word brandy
Originally brandy-wine
March 7, 2007
reesetee commented on the word brandy
"Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass.
February 8, 2008