applejack
(noun) distilled from hard cider
Source: WordNet® 3.1
applejack (countable and uncountable, plural applejacks)
An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
Source: Wiktionary
Ap"ple-jack`, n.
Definition: Apple brandy. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 November 2024
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
