Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quaff"
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) 1.7 (wn)
quaff
n : a hearty draft
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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