potation
Example Sentences
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By way of a stronger potation, Rhenish wine was much to his taste.
From Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII by Charles Morris
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 Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin
Thus, having swallowed the last possible morsel and washed it down with a fervent potation, Oloffe felt his heart yearning and his whole frame in a manner dilating with unbounded benevolence.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
Indeed, I know of no thin potation more truly refreshing before breakfast, than a cooling draught of cocoanut wai.
From Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
"I am aware of that," replied her guest, "and, therefore, when in a public house, always pay for it the price of the stronger potation, which I cannot take."
From Fifty-Two Stories For Girls by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
