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An intoxicating liquor made from the maguey in the district of Tequila, Mexico.

Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor. "Sipping his tiff of brandy punch." Sir W. Scott.

To incline; to tip; to raise one end of for discharging liquor; as, to tilt a barrel.

guished from tin plate; -- called also bar tin. -- Butter of tin. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Libavius, under Fuming. -- Grain tin. (Metal.) See under Grain. -- Salt of tin (Dyeing), stannous chloride, especially so called when used as a mordant. -- Stream tin. See under Stream. -- Tin cry (Chem.), the peculi…

hrow upon the end; to tilt; as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart. To tip off, to pour out, as liquor. -- To tip over, to overturn. -- To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] Pope. -- To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end.

To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently in small quantities, but without absolute drunkeness. Few of those who were summoned left their homes, and those few generally found it more agreeable to tipple in alehou…

One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.

A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises.

Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled; intoxicated.

te; an event painful to the mind; duty to God and to our parents; a dislike to spirituous liquor. Marks and points out each man of us to slaughter. B. Jonson. Whilst they, distilled Almost to jelly with the act of fear, Stand dumb and speak not to him. Shak. Add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to kno…

or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy. It now came to the time of Mr. Jones to give a toast . . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear Sophia. Fielding.

A juice drawn from various kinds of palms in the East Indies; or, a spirituous liquor procured from it by fermentation.

To drink hard or frequently; to drink strong or spiritous liquors to excess. If you tope in form, and treat. Dryden.

The act of transfusing, or pouring, as liquor, out of one vessel into another. Howell.

To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather or wood.

Relating to, or drawn from, trees. [Obs.] Spenser. Treen liquors, especially that of the date. Evelyn.

ed because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.

A vessel with a broad mouth at one end, a pipe or tube at the other, for conveying liquor, fluids, etc., into casks, bottles, or other vessels; a funnel.

Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting. Whose heads that turbulent liquor fills with fumes. Milton.

The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency.