1) Exclusively Saxon word 2) Exclusively Anglo word 3) Long iced drink 4) Mixed drink 5) Whiskey cocktail 6) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 7) Word of purely Anglo origin 1) Julep 2) Sling 3) Tall one 
(from the article `railroad`) ...the semaphore signal. One early type of American signal consisted of a large ball that was hoisted to the top of a pole to inform the engineman ...
A highball is a long drink of diluted spirits. Usually it is whiskey and ice in a tumbler, filled up with soda water, but there are also brandy, gin, vodka and rum highballs.
[n] - a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass
The Highball is basically a spirit on ice with a carbonated mixer such as soda, ginger ale or cola. Perhaps the most well known is the classic Gin and Tonic.
noun a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass
A cocktail composed of whiskey and soda water or plain water. It is most often served over ice in a tall glass.
a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass. · · a signal to start a train, given with the hand or with a lamp. · a signal for a train to move at full speed.