potation
Example Sentences
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Debilitated people, who have been unfortunately accustomed to great ingurgitation of spirituous potation, frequently part with a great quantity of water during the night, but with not more than usual in the day-time.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
“Peace, woman, peace,” said the Dominie, who had gained courage by his potation.
From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
Though there are passages here and there which may be read with satisfaction, there is not enough unity and connection between the different parts, and the humor is generally but a thin potation.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 by Various
"Well-a-day," continued the clerk, draining an ample potation, "I've heard strange noises thereabout; and the big building there, men say, is haunted by the ghost."
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
Thus, having swallowed the last possible morsel and washed it down with a fervent potation, Oloffe felt his heart yearning and his whole frame in a manner dilating with unbounded benevolence.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
