toddy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a mixed drink made of liquor and water with sugar and spices and served hot
    hot toddy.

WordNet

Tod"dy noun
Etymology
Formed from Hind. tai the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. ta the palmyra tree, Skr. tala.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913