potation

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He proceeded to shame me by indulging in a very liberal potation, smacking his lips with greatest zest at its conclusion, and winking across at me in a manner intended to indicate his superiority.

From A Maid of the Kentucky Hills by Litsey, Edwin Carlile

Everybody pledged the patriarch's health in the creamy potation except myself.

From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Harland, Marion

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

While water was thus freely drunk, wine was not disregarded; but the various articles with which it was adulterated, must have rendered it any thing but a delectable potation according to our received ideas.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

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