(the) water of life

(the) water of life
   Scottish/Irish
   whisky
   The Gaelic usquebaugh (and in various spellings) rather than the French eau de vie:
    'Usquebeatha?' Murdoch said in Gaelic. 'The water of life.' (Higgins, 1976)
    A glass of brandy or usquabae. (W. Scott, 1824)

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