potation
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“Peace, woman, peace,” said the Dominie, who had gained courage by his potation.
From Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat
While with a scornful glance, that comprehended both him and his acolytes, the other faced back to the bar, coolly completed his potation, and, without saying another word, reascended the stairway.
From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid
Whence it appears, that the methods of relieving inflammatory pains, is by removing all stimulus, as by venesection, cool air, mucilaginous diet, aqueous potation, silence, darkness.
From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
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
He proceeded to shame me by indulging in a very liberal potation, smacking his lips with greatest zest at its conclusion, and winking across at me in a manner intended to indicate his superiority.
From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Edwin Carlile Litsey
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