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Webster 1913 Edition

Quaff

Quaff

,
Verb.
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.

Quaff

,
Verb.
I.
To drink largely or luxuriously.
Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep,
And
quaff
with blameless Ethiops in the deep.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Quaff

QU'AFF

, v.t.
To drink; to swallow in large draughts.
He quaffs the muscadel.
They in communion sweet quaff immortality and joy.

QU'AFF

,
Verb.
I.
To drink largely or luxuriously.

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