[89] _Sic_, aimable (?) [90] So called because made with _guignes_, Sp. _guindas_; dark red, very sweet cherries, smaller than the _bigarreaux_. The _Guignolet d’Angers_ is especially famous. [91] This is composed of fennel, celery, coriander, and angelica. [92] Sometimes written _Karoy_. _Carum carve_, L., from the Greek κάρον, an umbelliferous plant of which the root by culture becomes edible. The fruit is analogous to that of anise. [93] Also written more correctly _d’Hendaye_; white, yellow, and green, according to its alcoholic strength. [94] _Cassis_ would appear to be the name of a _ville_ (_Bouches-du-Rhone_) which has a commerce of wine and fruit. [95] _Stolberg’s Travels_, i., 146. [96] Germ. _Wermuth_, absinthe or wormwood, plant of genus _Artemisia_—perhaps originally connected with _warm_, on account of the warmth it produces in the stomach. This bitter, though commonly quoted under liqueurs, should be classed with _Quinine Wine_, _Angostura_, _Khoosh_, etc., _Juglandine_, made in France from the walnut, _Malakoff_ made in Silesia, the _Shaddock_ and _Quassia_ bitters of the West Indies, and the _Schapps_ bitter of Switzerland. [97] The dictionary explanations of these terms are commonly unsatisfactory. The experience of the bar-tender is more than the learning of the lexicographer. _Cobbler_, indeed, is well explained as compounded of wine, sugar, lemon, and sucked up through a straw; but of _cocktail_ we only learn that it is a compounded drink much used in America. The etymologies given are generally satisfactory. _Julep_ is from گلاب rose water. _Mull_ from _mulled_, erroneously taken as a past participle. According to Wedgwood, _mulled_ is a form of _mould_, and _mulled_ ale is funeral ale, _potatio funerosa_. _Nogg_ is from _noggin_, signifying a pot, and then the strong beer which it contains. _Negus_ is commonly known to have been the invention of Col. Francis Negus in the reign of Anne. _Punch_ is of course from the Hindustani پانچ, signifying 5, from its five original ingredients, to wit, _aqua vitæ_, _rose water_, _sugar_, _arrack_, and _citron juice_. A very unsatisfactory derivation of _Sangaree_ is from the Spanish _sangria_, the incision of a vein. _Shrub_ is clearly the Arabic شرب or syrup. _Smash_, explained curtly as “iced brandy and water.” (_Slang_) is probably from the smashing of the ice; while _sling_ seems evidently to be from the German _schlingen_, to swallow.