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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Toddy \Tod"dy\, n. [Formed from Hind. t[be][?][c6] the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. t[be][?] the palmyra tree, Skr. t[be]la.] 1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation. 2. A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened. Note: Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of spirit, and is being made hot and sweetened. {Toddy bird} (Zo[94]l.), a weaver bird of the East Indies and India: -- so called from its fondness for the juice of the palm. {Toddy cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure; the palm cat. | |
