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usquabae

usquabae is the obsolete spelling of usquebaugh.

Meaning of usquebaugh

Noun

usquebaugh (countable and uncountable, plural usquebaughs)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland, archaic) Whiskey or whisky.
    • [R]emember the Lo[rd] Admyrall [Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham] and the Lord Threasurer [Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset] with a couple of Pugges or some vscough baugh or some such toyes, it would shew that you do not neglect them, whoe, I protest, are to you wonderfull kynde.1600 October 4 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Robert Cecil, “[Letter] X”, in John MacLean, editor, Letters from Sir Robert Cecil to Sir George Carew (Camden Series; 88), [London]: […] [John...

Questions about usquabae

What is usquabae the obsolete spelling of?
Usquabae is the obsolete spelling of usquebaugh.

Words near usquabae in the dictionary

  1. USPPs
  2. USPS
  3. USPS blue box
  4. USPSTF
  5. USPTO
  6. usquabae
  7. usque
  8. usquebae
  9. usquebath
  10. usquebaugh
  11. usquebaughs

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