Originally a tree in the East Indies; afterwards, a liquor extracted from it; and latterly a kind of punch made of rum, water, sugar, and nutmeg.--Todd.
The toddy tree is not unlike the date or palm.--Sir T. Herbert, Travels.
The wine, or toddy, is got by piercing the tree, and putting a jar or pitcher under, so as the liquor may distil into it.--Ibid. p. 29.