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▪ I. quaff, n.|kwɑːf, -æ-|
[f. quaff v.]
An act of quaffing, or the liquor quaffed; a deep draught.
1579Tomson Calvin's Serm. Tim. 512/2 They thinke that a sermon costeth no more then a quaffe wil them. 1594Greene & Lodge Looking Gl. G.'s Wks. (Rtldg.) 141 Now Alvida begins her quaff, And drinks a full carouse unto her King. 1627–77Feltham Resolves i. lxxxiv. 129 Proteas gaue him a quaff of two gallons. 1889G. Gissing Nether World I. v. 97 Each guest having taken a quaff of ale.
▪ II. quaff, v.|kwɑːf, -æ-|
Also 6 quaft, quaf, 6–7 quaffe.
[Of obscure origin; prob. onomatopœic (cf. quafer and quass v.).
The date and history of the word are against any connection with quaff, var. of quaich, which has been suggested as the source. (Vigfusson's ON. kveyfa ‘to quaff’ is an error, the correct form being kneyfa). The precise relationship of the earliest form quaft to Palsgrave's quaught and Sc. waucht is obscure.]
1. intr. To drink deeply; to take a long draught; also, to drink repeatedly in this manner. Const. of († in).
1529More Suppl. Soulys Wks. 331/2 The dregges of olde poysoned heresies in whiche they fell a quafting with the deuill. 1547Boorde Introd. Knowl. ix. (1870) 149 In Holand..many of the men..wyll quaf tyl they ben dronk. 1577Rhodes Bk. Nurture in Babees Bk. 77 Eate softly, and drinke manerly, take heede you doe not quaffe. 1628Prynne Cens. Cozens 47 Poyson must alwayes be administred in golden Challices, else none wille quaffe. 1645Quarles Sol. Recant. iii. 35 To day we feast, and quaffe in frolique Bowles; To morrow fast. 1757Smollett Reprisal ii. xv, We laugh, and we quaff, and we banter. 1830Lytton P. Clifford iv, She had that day quaffed more copiously of the bowl than usual. 1876Browning Epilogue to Pacchiarotto, Have faith, give thanks, but—quaff.
2. trans. To drink (liquor) copiously or in a large draught.
1555–8T. Phaer æneid iii. G iv, Wyne in plenty great they quaff. 1648Herrick Hesper., Lyrick to Mirth, Let us sit and quaffe our wine. 1768Beattie Minstr. i. xliv, Merry swains, who quaff the nut-brown ale. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 74 They quaffed the liquor in profound silence. 1878Masque Poets 31 Now with back-flung head she quaffs The odorous white Mareotic wine.
fig.1613Heywood Braz. Age Wks. 1874 III. 216 I'le rather at some banquet poyson him, And quaffe to him his death. 1674Milton P.L. v. 638 (ed. 2) They drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortalitie and joy. 1820Landor Heroic Idylls, Thrasymedes & Eunoe 38 Let my lips quaff purity From thy fair open brow.
b. With advbs. as down, off, out, round, up. (Cf. drink v.)
1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. iii. ii. 174 Hee calls for wine..quaft off the Muscadell. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. i. xxvii, Oh let them in their gold quaffe dropsies down. 1635–56Cowley Davideis ii. 593 In helmets they quaff round the welcome flood.
3. To drain (a cup, etc.) in a copious draught or draughts. Also with off, out, up.
1523[Coverdale] Old God & New (1534) O iij, To quaft of two cannes or tankardes of wine. 1607Dekker Wh. Babylon Wks. 1873 II. 198, I quaffe full bowles of strong enchanting wines. 1633Bp. Hall Occas. Medit. (1851) 152 Why do not I..quaff up that bitter cup of affliction. 1748Thomson Cast. Indol. viii, As one who quaffs Some potent wine-cup. 1831Scott Cast. Dang. vii, Your cup, filled with right good wine, I have just now quaffed off. 1868Fitzgerald tr. Omar xliii. (1899) 98 And proffering his Cup, invites your Soul Forth to your Lips to quaff it.
4. To drive away, to bring down to or into (a certain state), by copious drinking. rare.
1714Love's Relief in Steele's Poet. Misc. 42 Be brisk and gay, And quaff this sneaking Form away. 1821Byron Sardan. i. ii. 442 When..I have quaff'd me down to their abasement. 1847J. Wilson Chr. North (1857) I. 147 The room in which he quaffs, guzzles, and smokes himself into stupidity.
Add: Hence ˈquaffable a., (of a wine) that can be drunk copiously.
1982Washington Post 1 Dec. e1/2 It is an intensively fruity, soft-bodied wine,..charming and eminently quaffable. 1987Wine Soc. Ann. Rev. 1986–87 21 Apr. 12 Were it not for ‘a little local difficulty’ we would here in Britain already be able to drink the very quaffable wines of Argentina.
▪ III. quaff
obs. var. quaich; see also quayfe. |