Toddy
Toddy , noun
[Formed from Hind. tā{not transcribed}ī the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, from tā{not transcribed} the palmyra tree, Sanskrit tāla.]
1.
A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation.
2.
A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.
Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of spirit, and is being made hot and sweetened.
Collocations (2)
Toddy bird (Zoology) , a weaver bird of the East Indies and India: -- so called from its fondness for the juice of the palm.
Toddy cat (Zoology) , the common paradoxure; the palm cat.