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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tipple  \Tip"ple\,  n.  [Cf.  3d  {Tip}.] 
  An  apparatus  by  which  loaded  cars  are  emptied  by  tipping; 
  also  the  place  where  such  tipping  is  done 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tipple  \Tip"ple\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  drink,  as  strong  liquors,  frequently  or  in  excess. 
 
  Himself,  for  saving  charges,  A  peeled,  sliced  onions 
  eats,  and  tipples  verjuice.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  put  up  in  bundles  in  order  to  dry,  as  hay. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tipple  \Tip"ple\,  n. 
  Liquor  taken  in  tippling;  drink. 
 
  Pulque,  the  national  tipple  of  Mexico.  --S.  B. 
  Griffin. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tipple  \Tip"ple\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tippled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Tippling}.]  [From  tip  a  small  end  or  a  word  akin  to  it  cf 
  Norw.  tipla  to  tipple,  to  drip,  Prov.  E.  tip,  tiff,  tift,  a 
  draught  of  liquor,  dial.  G.  zipfeln  to  eat  and  drink  in  small 
  parts  See  {Tip}  a  point,  and  cf  {Tipsy}.] 
  To  drink  spirituous  or  strong  liquors  habitually;  to  indulge 
  in  the  frequent  and  improper  used  of  spirituous  liquors; 
  especially,  to  drink  frequently  in  small  quantities,  but 
  without  absolute  drunkeness. 
 
  Few  of  those  who  were  summoned  left  their  homes,  and 
  those  few  generally  found  it  more  agreeable  to  tipple 
  in  alehouses  than  to  pace  the  streets.  --Macaulay. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tipple 
  n  :  a  serving  of  drink  (usually  alcoholic)  [syn:  {draft},  {draught}, 
  {potation}] 
  v  :  drink  moderately  but  regularly  [syn:  {bib}] 




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