Toddy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Toddy \Tod"dy\, n. [Formed from Hind. t[=a]?[imac] the juice of
     the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. t[=a]? the palmyra
     tree, Skr. t[=a]la.]
     1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East
        Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by
        fermentation.


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     2. A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.
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     Note: Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of
           spirit, and is being made hot and sweetened.
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     {Toddy bird} (Zool.), a weaver bird of the East Indies and
        India: -- so called from its fondness for the juice of the
        palm.
  
     {Toddy cat} (Zool.), the common paradoxure; the palm cat.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  toddy
       n : a mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices
           and served hot [syn: {hot toddy}]