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Usʹquebauʹgh (3 syl.)

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Whisky (Irish, uisge-beatha, water of life). Similar to the Latin aqua vitœ, and the French eau de vie.

 

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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.

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Urganda la Desconecida
Urgel
Uriah
Uriel
Urim
Urim and Thummim
Ursa Major
Ursa Minor
Used Up
Usher means a porter
Usquebaugh
Ut
Ut Queat Laxis, etc
Uta
Uter
Uterine
Utgard (Old Norse, outer ward)
Utgard-Lok
Uti Possidetis (Latin, as you at present possess them)
Uticensis
Utilitarians