单词 | potation |
释义 | potationn. Now archaic or humorous. 1. a. The action or an act of drinking, esp. the consumption of alcoholic drink; a drink (of alcohol). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught shenchc950 drinkc1000 draughtc1200 beveragec1390 napa1450 potation1479–81 potionc1484 slaker?1518 glut1541 pocill1572 adipson1601 go-down1614 slash1614 gulf1674 libation1751 meridian1771 sinda1774 sling1788 mahogany1791 a shove in the mouth1821 nooner1836 quencher1841 refresh1851 slackener1861 squencher1871 refreshener1888 refresher1922 maiden's blush1941 maiden's water1975 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] drinkc888 draughtc1200 drinkingc1200 wetting1340 beveragec1390 receipta1393 bever1499 potation1509 quaff1579 watering1598 wipe1600 sorbition1623 imbibation1826 imbibition1844 bibition1853 1428 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 185 (MED) Also Payed for ij dinerz and a Soper for þe Crafte, made at diuers timez and potaciounz þat draws..Summa xi li. ij s. 1479–81 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 97 In money yevyn to the poore peple, And for potacions to prestis and clerkes. 1483 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 288 A Potacion, potacio. 1509 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 8 And that na wachmane ga to potatioun and drink fra tyme nyne houris furtht. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Beuer, or drinckyng, or potacion. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 50 To Desdemona, hath to night caroust Potations pottle deepe. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 121 The potation of the same aliment, but liquid. a1687 C. Cotton Voy. Irel. in Poems Several Occasions (1689) 171 Three or four hours of friendly potation. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. viii. 63 The Squire retired to his Evening Potation..and..the Beer was ordered to flow very liberally. View more context for this quotation 1792 J. Richardson Let. 27 Oct. in Heber Lett. (1950) vi. 162 The gout has invaded his toes and he thinks it expedient to confine the enemy to the extremities by copious potations of cordial port. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xii. 166 You..did rather abstain from potation . View more context for this quotation 1844 R. W. Emerson New Eng. Reformers in Ess. 2nd Ser. i. 291 I have not been able..to prevail on myself,..to disuse the traffic or the potation of brandy. 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xii. 111 John..went to his room..and, after a cigarette or two and a small potation from his flask, to bed. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 594 Am I right, skipper? he queried of the sailor now returning after his private potation. 1986 T. Mo Insular Possession xvii. 193 The hour is as far removed as is reasonably possible from evening, time of potations and smoke-room conspiracies. b. A drinking party or drinking bout; an entertainment at which drink is served. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > drinking-party potationa1500 symposium1711 wine-party1829 shout1854 wine1857 grog-fight1864 punch1871 grog1888 beer drink1895 cocktail party1903 cocktails1922 jollo1934 sherry party1936 shebeen1943 sundowner1944 wine and cheese (party, etc.)1961 kegger1966 sherry morning1976 a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 17 (MED) And they ben vncircumcised in here tastynge, the whiche ȝyueþ hem vn-to commessacions and potacions, in dronkonnes and withoute mesure. 1512 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1885) III. 456 Have, make, or vse any potacions, cockfighte or drinking. 1565 Stat. Hartlebury Sch. Worc. in Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 9 90/2 The said School~master shall..take the profits of all such cock-fights and potations, as are commonly used in Schools. 1574 M. Stokys in G. Peacock Observ. Statutes Univ. Cambr. (1841) App. A. p. xiii They have a Potation of Figgs, Reasons and Almons, Bonnes, and Beer, at the charge of the sayed Determiners. 1890 C. Gross Gild Merchant I. 33 This gathering was called the ‘potacion’ or ‘drinking’ (‘potacio’).] 1939 Times 20 Jan. 13/3 [Tamerlane] seems to have had a genial, not to say a festive, streak in his character... Clavijo..describes the terrific potations that closed his State banquets. 1987 J. Ball Stockport Gramm. School 1481–1987 (BNC) 18 There was also a ‘potation’ which was to be held on the preceding evening (at a cost of 12s 6d). c. Chiefly in plural. Overindulgence in alcoholic beverages; excessive drinking. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] overdrinkeOE drinkingc1200 excessc1386 bibbinga1400 bollingc1540 boozingc1540 bousingc1540 swillingc1563 tippling1567 carousing1582 swinking1590 bezzling1598 swill1602 swink1611 overdrinking1616 popination1623 sottishness1648 fuddling1665 toping1668 bibbership1670 abuse1732 dram-drinking1772 dramminga1790 potation1808 spree1811 muzzling1828 bibbery1831 Bacchanalianism1855 Bacchanalism1858 smiling1858 bibulation1882 tanking1891 reeler1950 1808 M. L. Weems Life Washington xi. 137 The very intemperate passions and potations of some of their officers. 1835 F. Marryat Olla Podrida viii, in Metrop. Mag. In stalked three..men who were..the worse for potation. 1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. vi. 142 His face..flushed and cheeks swollen by reason of his midnight potations. 1921 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 157/1 The evening's potations left him, by bed-time, in a state somewhere between ‘blotto’ and ‘blithero-blotto’. 1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons 131/2 He became somewhat bloated in middle age, and his potations did not improve his appearance. 2. a. A medicinal drink or liquid; a concoction, a potion. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > medicinal potion or draught > [noun] drenchc1000 drink1362 supping medicinea1400 poisonc1400 potionc1400 potationa1475 draught1631 potent1902 a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 24207 (MED) Maugre hir potaciouns and dyuerse confecciouns..yet deth and I..Haue, at the laste, the maystrye. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 130 What man drynk of þis potacion..Pleyn in his face xal shewe it owth. a1500 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 70 (MED) Þer is thre dayes in þe ȝere In þe qwylk for nakyn case of ned Lyket noght to man no best to bled, Ne tak any potacyon Þat is of drynkes confecon. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxvij/2 They [be accursed] that drinken potacions or potacions do depresse or withdraw the nurisshing of the byrth wtin the body. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xxxvi. 142 A cooling glyster of hempseed and bruised cucumbers..followed on with thin potations of water lillies and purslane. 1974 K. Amis Ending Up xvii. 84 He had so far that day drunk only one small tumbler of that other doctor's potation. b. A beverage, a drink. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] drencha800 drunka800 drinkc888 wetec897 liquor1340 beveragec1400 bever?1453 pitcher-meat1551 bum1570 pot1583 nin1611 sorbition1623 potablesa1625 potion1634 refreshment1639 potulent1656 sorbicle1657 pote1694 drinkable1708 potation1742 rinfresco1745 sup1782 bouvragea1815 potatory1834 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. xii. 164 How can any Man complain..of Thirst, where every River and Stream produces such delicious Potations ? View more context for this quotation 1772–84 J. Cook Voy. (1790) IV. 1489 The root..from whence their favourite potation is extracted. 1828 N. Hawthorne Fanshawe iv. 45 The basis of the potation contained in this vessel, was harsh old cider. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. vi. 132 He deserves thy kitchen's best potation. 1936 M. Bowen William Hogarth 191 Beyond them is..a woman who is a vendor of rice-milk, a favourite potation of the period. 1997 Independent (Nexis) 12 Jan. 64 The other potation was a juice made from grapes, pears and banana, drunk with pleasure. CompoundsΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > spending- or pocket-money > for drink potation money1487 1487–8 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 141 We aske alowaunce of potacions monye geven to your tenauntes in Resseyuyng of the Rentes and charges aforesaide, also in drynkkyng siluer on your werkmen. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > [noun] > share contributed by individual > for entertainment scot-penny1319 scotc1325 shotc1475 wine lawc1488 potation penny1525 whip1861 1525 Found. Stat. Manch. Gram. School 1 Apr. in S. Hibbert-Ware & W. R. Whatton Hist. Foundations in Manchester of Christ's Coll., Chetham's Hosp. & Free Gram. School (1848) III. 25 Itm, yt evy Scole Maister and Ussher, for ev., from tyme to tyme, shall teache freely and indifferently ev. childe and scoller..wtoute any money..taking therefore, as cokke peny, victor peny, potac ion peny, or any other, what so ever it be, except only his seid stipende. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house houseOE tavern1297 tavern-housea1400 sunc1400 tap-house1500 tippling-housea1549 innsc1550 bousing-inn1575 ivy-bush1576 osteria1580 ordinary1590 caback1591 taberna1593 bousing-house1594 pothouse1598 red lattice1604 cupping-house1615 public house1617 busha1625 Wirtshaus1650 bibbery1653 cabaret1656 gaming ordinary1667 public1685 shop1695 bibbing-housea1704 dram-shop1725 gill house1728 rum shop1738 buvette1753 dram-house1753 grog-shop1790 wine-vault1791 pub1800 pulperia1818 pulqueria1822 potation-shop1823 rum hole1825 Wirtschaft1834 drunkery1836 pot shop1837 drinkery1840 rum mill1844 khazi1846 beer-shop1848 boozer1895 rub-a-dub1898 Weinstube1899 rubbity-dub1905 peg house1922 rub-a-dub-dub1932 rubbity1941 Stube1946 superpub1964 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 514 When that famed potation-shop was in its days of glory. Derivatives poˈtationist n. a habitual or notable drinker. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > alcoholic or habitual drinker supper?1529 blow-bowl1530 drunkard1530 drunkera1538 blow-bottle1580 tippler1580 potman1589 red nose1591 sot1592 water rat1593 ply-pot1611 potter1632 pothead1639 pisspot1655 pitcher-man1665 whetter1709 inebriate1794 rummy1843 alcoholic1852 oenomaniac1857 dipsomaniac1858 alcoholizer1880 alcoholist1888 potationist1888 lush1890 rumdum1891 rumhound1895 blacklister1904 dipso1923 rumpot1929 alky1944 juice-head1955 alcohol abuser1965 juicer1967 substance abuser1967 jakey1988 1888 W. Black Strange Adventures House-boat 251 He was a powerful potationist. 1917 E. Pound in Personae (1949) 262 A temperate man, a thin potationist..He read The Century and thought it nice To be not too well known in haunts of vice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1428 |
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