To moisten (the throat) with wine. †Hence to wash one's brain, head, etc., as jocular expressions for wine-drinking.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > drink wine (4) to wash one's brain, head1589 To moisten (the throat) with wine. †Hence to wash one's brain, head, etc., as jocular expressions for wine-drinking. port1825 transitive with it. To drink port. wine1829 intransitive. To take wine, formerly esp. at an undergraduates' wine-party. Frequently in collocation with dine: cf. sense 3. colloquial. Subcategories:— with another (1) |
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