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quaff

[kwof, kwaf, kwawf]
–verb (used without object)
1. to drink a beverage, esp. an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
–verb (used with object)
2. to drink (a beverage) copiously and heartily: We spent the whole evening quaffing ale.
–noun
3. an act or instance of quaffing.
4. a beverage quaffed.

Origin:
1515–25; orig. uncert.


quaffer, noun


1. swallow, gulp, swig, guzzle.
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quaff   (kwŏf, kwāf, kwôf)   
v.   quaffed, quaff·ing, quaffs

v.   tr.
To drink (a beverage) heartily: quaffed the ale with gusto.
v.   intr.
To drink a liquid heartily: quaffed from the spring.
n.  A hearty draft of liquid.

[Origin unknown.]
quaff'er n.
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