Whisʹky.
Contraeted from the Gaelic ooshk-ʹa-pai (water of health). Usquebaugh, Irish uisge-ʹa-bagh (wator of life); eau de vie, French (water of life).
L.L. whisky. (See L.L. Whisky.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.