potation

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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

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

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 Darwin, Erasmus

But I suspect the water forms the best part of the potation.

From Fred Markham in Russia The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar by Landells, R. T.

The "Thumbo-rig" above might mean either a new potation or a new dance.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James