Drinking
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Drinking - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
DRINKING, ppr. Swallowing liquor; sucking in; absorbing.
DRINKING, n.
1. The act of swallowing liquors, or of absorbing.
2. The practice of drinking to excess. We say, a man is given to drinking.
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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