Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - brandy
Brandy
brandy
n. (pl. -ies) a strong alcoholic spirit distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice. Phrases and idioms brandy-ball Brit. a kind of brandy-flavoured sweet. brandy butter a rich sweet hard sauce made with brandy, butter, and sugar. brandy-snap a crisp rolled gingerbread wafer usu. filled with cream. Etymology: earlier brand(e)wine f. Du. brandewijn burnt (distilled) wine
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I. noun (plural brandies) Etymology: short for ~wine, from Dutch brandewijn, from Middle Dutch brantwijn, from brant distilled + wijn wine Date: 1657 an alcoholic beverage distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice, II. transitive verb (brandied; ~ing) Date: circa 1848 to flavor, blend, or preserve with ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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