Category: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.]

Defn: 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 Quaff, v. i.

Defn: to drink largely or luxuriously. Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep, and quaff with Blameless ethiops in the deep. Dryden.