[f. BRANDY sb.]
1. trans. To mix or treat with brandy.
a. 1848. Marryat, R. Reefer, xliv. [He] scolded Quasha for not brandying his sangaree.
1855. Fraser’s Mag., LI. 647. The French do not brandy up their wines for home consumption.
2. To refresh or fortify with brandy.
1837. Dickens, Pickw., v. When his guests had been washed, mended, brushed, and brandied.
1862. B. Taylor, Home & Abr., Ser. II. ii. 120. At the Six Mile House, our horses were watered, and the passengers brandied.
b. To brandy it: to drink brandy in excess.
a. 1819. Wolcott (P. Pindar), Wks. (1830), 138. He surely had been brandying it, or beering.
