Firewater Definition

fīrwôtər, -wŏtər
noun
Alcoholic liquor.
Webster's New World
High temperature hydraulic condensate discharged from industrial boilers.
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Other Word Forms of Firewater

Noun

Singular:
firewater
Plural:
firewaters

Origin of Firewater

  • fire +‎ water, a calque of Ojibwe ishkodewaaboo (“alcohol”), from ishkode (“fire”) + aaboo (“liquid”, glossed in older works as “water”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Translation of Ojibwa ishkodewaaboo whiskey

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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