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

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.

And what have we to do in our circle with this diplomatic, sober potation, this Champagne?

From The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels by Thirlwall, Connop

Order me a beef-steak, and some potation or other.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

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