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.
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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.
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