Part 3480

<blockquote>He shall <b>drink</b> of the wrath the Almighty. <i>Job xxi. 20.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Drink</b> of the cup that can not cloy. <i>Keble.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the <?/se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<blockquote>And they <b>drank</b>, and were merry with him. <i>Gem. xliii. 34.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had <b>drunk</b> freely. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To drink to</col>, <cd>to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>I <b>drink to</b> the general joy of the whole table, And to our dear friend Banquo. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Drink</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Drink</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; <as>as, to <ex>drink</ex> milk or water</as>.</def>

<blockquote>There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss, There <b>drinks</b> the nectar with ambrosia mixed. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The bowl of punch which was brewed and <b>drunk</b> in Mrs. Betty's room. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.</def>

<blockquote>And let the purple violets <b>drink</b> the stream. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>drink</b> the cooler air, <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>My ears have not yet <b>drunk</b> a hundred words Of that tongue's utterance. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let me . . . <b>drink</b> delicious poison from thy eye. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To smoke, as tobacco.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And some men now live ninety years and past, Who never <b>drank</b> to tobacco first nor last. <i>Taylor (1630. )</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To drink down</col>, <cd>to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to <i>drink down<i> unkindness. <i>Shak</i>.</cd> -- <col>To drink in</col>, <cd>to take into one's self by drinking, or as by drinking; to receive and appropriate as in satisfaction of thirst. "Song was the form of literature which he [Burns] had <i>drunk in<i> from his cradle." <i>J. C. Shairp</i>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To drink off</col> &or; <col>up</col></mcol>, <cd>to drink the whole at a draught; <as>as, to <ex>drink off<ex> a cup of cordial.</as></cd> -- <mcol><col>To drink the health of</col>, &or; <col>To drink to the health of</col></mcol>, <cd>to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of.</cd></cs>

<h1>Drink</h1> <Xpage=455>

<hw>Drink</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.</def>

<blockquote>Give me some <b>drink</b>, Titinius. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Specifically, intoxicating liquor; <as>as, when <ex>drink</ex> is on, wit is out</as>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Drink money</col>, &or; <col>Drink penny</col></mcol>, <cd>an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity.</cd> -- <col>Drink offering</col> <fld>(Script.)</fld>, <cd>an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service.</cd> -- <col>In drink</col>, <cd>drunk.</cd> "The poor monster's <i>in drink<i>." <i>Shak</i>. -- <col>Strong drink</col>, <cd>intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol.</cd> " Wine is a mocker, <i>strong drink<i> is raging." <i>Prov. xx. 1.</i></blockquote></cs>