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

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.

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

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

The ceremony of welcome over, the business of the meeting began, and Massasoit, albeit a little incommoded by his strange potation, showed himself both dignified and friendly in his intentions.

From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Austin, Jane G. (Jane Goodwin)