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Webster 1913 Edition
Drinking
Drink′ing
,Noun.
1.
The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.
2.
The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors.
3.
An entertainment with liquors; a carousal.
☞ Drinking is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, a drinking song, drinking cup, drinking glass, drinking house, etc.
Drinking horn
, a drinking vessel made of a horn.
Webster 1828 Edition
Drinking
DRINKING
,ppr.
DRINKING
,Noun.
1.
The act of swallowing liquors, or of absorbing.2.
The practice of drinking to excess. We say, a man is given to drinking.