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grog
In the language of seamen, gin and water, or any spirit and water, usually without sugar.--Todd. We...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
A drink issued in the navy, consisting of one part of spirits diluted with three of water; introduced in 1740 by Admiral Vernon, as a check to intoxication by mere rum, and said to have been named from his grogram coat. Pindar, however, alludes to the Cyclops diluting their beverage with ten waters. As the water on board, in olden times, became very unwholesome, it was necessary to mix it with spirits, but iron tanks have partly remedied this. The addition of sugar and lemon-juice now makes grog an agreeable anti-scorbutic.
In the language of seamen, gin and water, or any spirit and water, usually without sugar.--Todd. We...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.