Whis·ky, Whis·key  n.  An intoxicating liquor distilled from grain, potatoes, etc., especially in Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. In the United States, whisky is generally distilled from maize, rye, or wheat, but in Scotland and Ireland it is often made from malted barley.
 Bourbon whisky, corn whisky made in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
 Crooked whisky. See under Crooked.
 Whisky Jack Zool., the Canada jay (Perisoreus Canadensis). It is noted for its fearless and familiar habits when it frequents the camps of lumbermen in the winter season. Its color is dull grayish blue, lighter beneath. Called also moose bird.

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 Crook·ed a.
 1. Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed. “Crooked paths.”
    he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere.   --Shak.
 2. Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
    They are a perverse and crooked generation.   --Deut. xxxii. 5.
 3. False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.
 Crooked whisky, whisky on which the payment of duty has been fraudulently evaded. [Slang, U.S.]

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