intransitive. To ‘keep wassail’; to sit carousing and health-drinking.

transitive. To drink or quaff in large draughts; to drain (a goblet); also with out, over. Also absol. or intransitive.

intransitive. To drink deeply; to take a long draught. Also: to drink repeatedly in this manner. Occasionally with of, †in. Also figurative.

to drink (it) all out: to drink a whole tankard of wine, beer, etc.; to drain one's drink; to down a drink in one go (now historical). Hence: to…

To keep drinking, to drink. intransitive. Obsolete.

intransitive. To drink deeply.

Apparently: to turn the tap on a cask so that the liquor flows freely. Hence: to drink unstintingly; to drink and make merry. Obsolete.

intransitive. To drink copiously or in excess; to quaff. Also transitive.

intransitive. To drink of intoxicating liquor: in earlier use, to drink freely or hard; to booze; now esp., to indulge habitually to some excess in…

To drink freely, greedily, or to excess, like hogs devouring ‘swill’ or ‘wash’. intransitive (esp. to tipple, booze).

intransitive. To drink ‘all out’, drink freely and repeatedly. So to carouse it.

In the phrase to drink, quaff (pledge one) carouse: i.e. to the bottom, to drink a full bumper to his health.

transitive. To cause to pass from one to another, hand round among the company present; esp. in phrase to troll the bowl. Hence troll-the-bowl as…

to take one's rouse: to have an alcoholic drink or drinks.

intransitive, and transitive with it. To drink beer or other liquor out of a pot; to indulge in drinking; to tipple. Cf. potting, n.2 2. Obsolete.

intransitive. To drink largely or in large draughts.

intransitive. ‘To drink copiously; to take a large draught’ (Jamieson).

To carouse.

colloquial or slang. to soak one's clay (or †face), to drink (heavily).

intransitive. To carouse; transitive to drink and pass (the cup). (A modern pseudo-archaism.)

to splice the mainbrace: to serve an extra ration of rum (usually to celebrate some special event); (more generally) to start drinking; to drink…

intransitive. To make merry; esp. to indulge in drinking.

transitive and absol. To fill and drink (brimmers of wine).

Australian slang. to give it a bit of a nudge and variants: to drink alcohol to excess. Cf. nudge, v. 5.

transitive. slang (originally and chiefly Australian). To drink (alcohol) to excess. Esp. in to nudge the turps (cf. turps, n. 2).