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
When church service was over, many knights and other men came, as I expected, into the room where I was, for their morning's potation.
From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm
“A vewy sensible obsawvation, fwiend Lucas!” said Swinton, inspired by a free potation of the widow’s choice wines.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
When I was in Tours I visited the abbey of Marmoustier, and there drank a veritable potation from the huge tun which the blessed St. Martin himself filled, by squeezing a single cluster of grapes.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.
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 Reid, Mayne
