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A dipper or other vessel made from the shell of a gourd; hence, a drinking vessel; a bottle. Chaucer. Bitter gourd, colocynth.

A connoisseur in eating and drinking; an epicure.

A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.

A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking. "Bumpers around and no heeltaps." Sheridan.

Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking. Shak.

A drinking cup having a foot and stem.

A drinking cup, or beaker, as having been originally made of the horns of cattle. "Horns of mead and ale." Mason.

To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.

erate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.

A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A large drinking vessel; also, its contents. [Colloq. Eng.] Forby.

A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand to hand, as at a banquet.

affecting one or many people; as, the tulip mania. Mania a potu Etym: [L.], madness from drinking; delirium tremens.

A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A large drinking bowl; -- originally made of maple. [Obs.] Their brimful mazers to the feasting bring. Drayton.

been variously ascribed to the presence of certain plants in their food, and to polluted drinking water. -- Milk snake (Zoöl.), a harmless American snake (Ophibolus triangulus, or O. eximius). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk adder, chicken snake, house snake, etc. -- Milk sugar. (Ph…

Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.

A kind of earthen or metal drinking cup, with a handle, -- usually cylindrical and without a lip.

ts; specif. (Eng.), esp. a public hall for vaudeville performances, in which smoking and drinking are usually allowed in the auditorium.

ally implying unreasonableness. I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine. Sir W. Temple. No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate. Pope. Of sense and outward things. Wordsworth.