Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tipple"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tipple \Tip"ple\, n. [Cf. 3d {Tip}.]
An apparatus by which loaded cars are emptied by tipping;
also, the place where such tipping is done.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tipple \Tip"ple\, v. t.
1. To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess.
Himself, for saving charges, A peeled, sliced onions
eats, and tipples verjuice. --Dryden.
2. To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tipple \Tip"ple\, n.
Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. --S. B.
Griffin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tipple \Tip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tippled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tippling}.] [From tip a small end, or a word akin to it; cf.
Norw. tipla to tipple, to drip, Prov. E. tip, tiff, tift, a
draught of liquor, dial. G. zipfeln to eat and drink in small
parts. See {Tip} a point, and cf. {Tipsy}.]
To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge
in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors;
especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but
without absolute drunkeness.
Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and
those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple
in alehouses than to pace the streets. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tipple
n : a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) [syn: {draft}, {draught},
{potation}]
v : drink moderately but regularly [syn: {bib}]
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