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GROG (n. pl. -S)
Definition(s):
- (n.) a drink consisting of a mixture of liquor (often rum) and water
- (n.) any alcoholic drink
- (n.) materials used in the manufacture of certain heat-resistant products
Useful information for game players:
- Front hooks: (none)
- Back hooks: -S
- Anagrams: (none)
- Longer extensions: -GY, -GIER, -GIEST, -GILY, -RAM/S, -GERY, -GERIES, -SHOP/S, -GINESS/ES
- Wraparounds: HYgrogRAPH/S
- Other Spellings: (none)
- Related Forms: (none)
Epilogue:
Legend has it that GROG, that stereotypical alcoholic beverage of pirates, is a shortened form of “Old Grog,” the nickname of British admiral Edward Vernon, who often served diluted rum to his sailors. Vernon (after whom Mount Vernon is named, incidentally) was supposedly so called after his habit of wearing a GROGRAM cloak; GROGRAM (also called GROSGRAIN) is a kind of course fabric of silk, mohair, or wool (the word deriving from the French gros grain, “large or course grain”). The story seems too fanciful to be true, but no better theory has been advanced and even the OED lends credence to the tale. In any case, English speakers later extended the word with coinages such as GROGGERY and GROGSHOP, both words meaning “a barroom or drinking establishment.”
Now be the time for takin’ stock o’ this week’s booty: PICAROON, FREEBOOT, KEELHAUL, CUTLASS, and GROG
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