grog /grog/

1. Formerly, a mixture of spirits and water
2. Any alcoholic drink, esp beer (Aust and NZ informal)
3. Bricks or waste from a clayworks broken down and added to clay to be used for brick manufacture (building)

1. To drink grog
2. (with on) to drink steadily (Aust inf)

To extract the spirit from the wood of empty spirit-casks by soaking with hot water

groggˈery noun (US; old)

A disreputable public house

groggˈily adverb

groggˈiness noun

The state of being groggy

groggˈy adjective

1. Dazed, unsteady from illness or exhaustion
2. Affected by grog, partially intoxicated (archaic)
3. Weak and staggering from blows (boxing)
4. Applied to a horse that bears wholly on its heels in trotting

grogˈ-blossom noun

A redness of the nose due to drinking

grogˈ-on or grogˈ-up noun (Aust informal)

A drinking party or drinking session

grogˈ-shop noun

1. A drinking place of disreputable character (now rare)
2. A shop selling alcoholic liquor (Aust and NZ)

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