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H.W.
Obs.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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spiritous liquor, specifically a mixture of alcohol and flavored water, widely traded to the Indians by fur traders.
See: high wine
Quotations
1800
Bellile told me about the keg of H. Wines they made free with when they remained behind . . . I mean to charge it to the account of La France as he was the foreman of the Canoe.
1804
. . . dispatched Mr Seraphin . . . to examine a Cache of H W to know if all are safe.