Tod″dy (?), n. [Formed from Hind. tā�ī the juice of the palmyra tree, popularly, toddy, fr. tā� the palmyra tree, Skr. tāla.] 1. A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation.
2. A mixture of spirit and hot water sweetened.
☞ Toddy differs from grog in having a less proportion of spirit, and is being made hot and sweetened.
Toddy bird(Zoöl.), a weaver bird of the East Indies and India: — so called from its fondness for the juice of the palm. — Toddy cat(Zoöl.), the common paradoxure; the palm cat.