Definition of "mescal" [‖Mes•cal]

• See peyote. (noun)
• A Mexican liquor distilled from the fermented juice of certain species of agave. (noun)
• A food prepared by cooking the fleshy leaf base and trunk of certain agaves. (noun)
• See maguey. (noun)

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• "Then again, I had to give up drinking altogether when I saw the worm in mescal; even though it was dead, it stared balefully at me."
• "A late afternoon toast in mescal may seem to many visitors like a fair and just reward for a long day's sightseeing, but please ensure that those doing the mescal sampling are not those responsible for driving you back to the city ..."
• "Mezcal, or more usually (in English) mescal, is an alcoholic drink derived from various types of agave, as opposed to tequila which is, strictly speaking, made only from the blue agave."