† haustn.
/hɔːst/ΚΠ
1600 W. Watson Quodlibets Relig. & State (1602) 339 To drinke vp the Thames at a haust.
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† haustv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To draw in, drink up, drain, absorb.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > action or process of absorbing > absorb [verb (transitive)]
to suck up1530
haust1542
soakc1555
to take up1597
absorb1604
imbibe1651
inhale1836
sop1888
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xi. sig. F.ivv Hote breade..doth lye in ye stomacke lyke a sponge haustyng vndecoct humours.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Z When the liquor hausted to the Gurgulio, is again revoked.
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