grog
Pronunciation: /ɡɹɒɡ/
The English word “grog” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
- An alcoholic beverage made with hot water or tea, sugar and rum, sometimes also with lemon or lime juice and spices, particularly cinnamon.
- Any alcoholic beverage.
- A glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage.
- A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size.
verb
Etymology
An allusion to Admiral Edward Vernon (nicknamed “Old Grog” after the grogram coat he habitually wore), who in 1740 ordered his sailors' rum to be watered down. Alternatively, from Old Catalan grog or groch, modern groc, meaning "yellow" (ultimately from Latin crocum (“saffron”); after the name of the resulting color of the watered down rum sold all over the Mediterranean. The ration of rum tot…
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