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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Quaff \Quaff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quaffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quaffing}.] [For quach, fr. Gael. & Ir. cuach a drinking cup; cf. L. caucus a drinking vessel. Cf. {Quaigh}.] To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts. [bd]Quaffed off the muscadel.[b8] --Shak. They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy. --Milton. | |
