DCHP-1 Online
H.W. Obs. 
spiritous liquor, specifically a mixture of alcohol and flavored water, widely traded to the Indians by fur traders.
See also: high wine
- 1800 (1933) Bellile told me about the keg of H. Wines they made free with when they remained behind . . . I mean to charge it to the account of La France as he was the foreman of the Canoe.
- 1804 (1933) . . . dispatched Mr Seraphin . . . to examine a Cache of H W to know if all are safe.
- 1800 (1933) Bellile told me about the keg of H. Wines they made free with when they remained behind . . . I mean to charge it to the account of La France as he was the foreman of the Canoe.