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potation|pəʊˈteɪʃən|
Also 5 -cioune, 5–6 -cion.
[ME. a. OF. potacion, -ation (obs.), ad. L. pōtātiōn-em, n. of action from pōtāre to drink.]
1. Drinking; a drinking, a drink, a draught.
1479–81Rec. St. Mary at Hill 97 In money yevyn to the poore peple, And for potacions to prestis and clerkes. 1483Cath. Angl. 288/1 A Potacion, potacio. 1604Shakes. Oth. ii. iii. 56 Rodorigo..To Desdemona hath to night Carrows'd Potations, pottle-deepe. 1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 121 The potation of the same aliment, but liquid. a1687Cotton Epigr., De Monsieur Cotin (R.), Three or four hours of friendly potation. 1814Scott Wav. xii, You..did rather abstain from potation. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 28 Indulging in moderate potations.
†b. A drinking party, compotation, symposium.
1512Nottingham Rec. III. 456 Have, make, or vse any potacions, cockfighte or drinking. 1565Stat. Hartlebury Sch. Worc. in N. & Q. 7th Ser. IX. 90/2 The said School⁓master shall..take the profits of all such cock-fights and potations, as are commonly used in Schools. 1574M. Stokys in Peacock Stat. Cambridge (1841) App. A. p. xiii, They have a Potation of Figgs, Reasons and Almons, Bonnes, and Beer, at the charge of the sayed Determiners. [1890Gross Gild Merch. I. 33 This gathering was called the ‘potacion’ or ‘drinking’ (‘potacio’).]
c. Indulgence in drinking alcoholic liquor; intemperate drinking.
1800Weems Washington xi. (1877) 151 The very intemperate passions and potations of some of their officers. 1835Marryat Olla Podr. viii, In stalked three..men who were..the worse for potation. 1881Besant & Rice Chapl. of Fleet i. vi, His face..flushed and cheeks swollen by reason of his midnight potations.
2. Liquor for drinking; a drink, a beverage.
1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 24207 Maugre hir potaciouns and dyuerse confecciouns..Maked at the potycaryes. c1450Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 138 What man drynk of this potacion,..Pleyn in his face xal shewe it owth. 1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) IV. 1489 The root..from whence their favourite potation is extracted. 1871B. Taylor Faust (1875) I. vi. 109 He deserves thy kitchen's best potation.
†b. A deleterious drink or liquid; a potion. Obs.
1502Arnolde Chron. (1811) 176 They [be accursed] that drinken potacions or do depresse or withdraw the nurisshing of the byrth within the body.
3. attrib. and Comb.: † potation money, money given for drink, drink-money; † potation penny, a contribution to the expense of a drinking entertainment; potation-shop, a drinking-shop.
1487–8Rec. St. Mary at Hill 141 We aske alowaunce of potacions monye geven to your tenauntes in Resseyuyng of the Rentes and charges aforesaide, also in drynkkyng siluer on your werkmen. 1525Foundation Stat. Manch. Gram. School 15 Apr., [The Schoolmaster or Usher shall teach the children freely] withoute any money..taking therefor, as cokke peny, victor peny, potacion peny or any other except his said stipend. 1823Blackw. Mag. XIII 514 That famed potation-shop.
Hence poˈtationist (nonce-wd.), one given to potations, a habitual or professed drinker.
1888Black Adv. Houseboat 251 He was a powerful potationist. |