drink, drinc, drinch, drinnch, drinke, drynk, drynke

[A. S. drinc, drinca; O. S. drank; M. H. Ger. tranc, trunc; O. H. Ger. trank, trunk; Icel. drekka; Goth. draggk, dragk; Sw. drick, dryck; Dan. drik.] 1. Liquor to be drunk or swallowed for the quenching of thirst, medicinal purposes, .; opposed to meat and food . "There ne olde non mete ne drynke Come in hys womb." Robert of Gloucester, p. 389. 2. A draught, a potion. "We will give you rare and sleepy drinks ."- Shakesp.z Winter's Tale, i. 1. 3. Strong or intoxicating liquor; the habit of indulging to exce in intoxicating liquors. "Disease, a isted by strong drink and by misery, did its work fast." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. xiv. (1) In drink : Intoxicated, drunk. In this sense drink seems to mean intoxication. "He's in the third degree of drink , he's drowned: go, look after him."- Shakesp .: Twelfth Night , i. 5. *drink-hail, interj . Literally, drink-health; the IMG:content-0537.png:[blocks in formation]