QUAFFING

Verb

quaffing

present participle of quaff

Noun

quaffing (plural quaffings)

The act by which something is quaffed; a drinking.

Source: Wiktionary


QUAFF

Quaff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quaffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Quaffing.] Etym: [For quach, fr. Gael. & Ir. cuach a drinking cup; cf. L. caucus a drinking vessel. Cf. Quaigh.]

Definition: 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, v. i.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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