grog

== English == === 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 could also come from Catalan tot meaning "full", "whole". This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹɒɡ/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɡɹɑɡ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɡɹɔɡ/ Rhymes: -ɒɡ === Noun === grog (countable and uncountable, plural grogs) 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. (by extension, Australia, New Zealand) Any alcoholic beverage. (countable, Australia, New Zealand) A glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage. 1950, Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice [The Legacy], New York: William Morrow, Chapter 5, p. 138,[2] Joe […] told them how he had been nailed up to be beaten, and they shouted another grog for him. (ceramics) A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size. Synonyms: chamotte, firesand ==== Usage notes ==== The sailors' drink was sometimes referred to as "one-water grog", "two-water grog", etc. indicating the number of parts of water mixed with the rum. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === grog (third-person singular simple present grogs, present participle grogging, simple past and past participle grogged) (transitive, ceramics) To grind and screen (clay) to a specific particle size. (intransitive, slang) To drink alcohol. ==== Derived terms ==== ungrogged === References === === Further reading === grog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === gorg == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English grog. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁɔɡ/ === Noun === grog m (plural grogs) grog (drink made from rum) ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: grog === Further reading === “grog”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English grog. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡrɔk/ Rhymes: -ɔk Syllabification: grog === Noun === grog m inan grog (alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === grog in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN grog in Polish dictionaries at PWN grog in PWN's encyclopedia == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French grog. === Noun === grog n (plural groguri) grog ==== Declension ==== == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡroːɡ/ === Adjective === grog soft mutation of crog === Mutation ===