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quaff


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quaff  \Quaff\,  v.  i. 
  To  drink  largely  or  luxuriously. 
 
  Twelve  days  the  gods  their  solemn  revels  keep  And 
  quaff  with  blameless  Ethiops  in  the  deep.  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.  ``Quaffed  off  the  muscadel.''  --Shak. 
 
  They  eat,  they  drink,  and  in  communion  sweet  Quaff 
  immortality  and  joy.  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quaff 
  v  :  to  swallow  hurriedly  or  greedily  or  in  one  draught:  "My  car 
  gulped  20  gallons  without  even  wiping  its  mouth."  [syn:  {gulp}, 
  {swig}] 




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