potation
Example Sentences
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A less quantity of potation of all kinds.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Now this brings me," he continued after drinking off the potation which Flan Sucker had assiduously placed upon the stand for his use, "to Andy Grant.
From Quodlibet by Kennedy, John Pendleton
By way of a stronger potation, Rhenish wine was much to his taste.
From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII by Morris, Charles
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 Litsey, Edwin Carlile
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 Sylvester, Charles Herbert
