Definition of Potation. Meaning of Potation. Synonyms of Potation

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Definition of Potation

Potation
Potation Po*ta"tion, n. [L. potatio, fr. potare. See Potable.] 1. The act of drinking. --Jer. Taylor. 2. A draught. ``Potations pottle deep.' --Shak. 3. Drink; beverage. ``Thin potations.' --Shak.

Meaning of Potation from wikipedia

- Falstaff: "If I had a thousand sons, the first humane principle I would teach them should be, to forswear thin potations and to addict themselves to sack."...
- A Compendium of Impish, Romantic, Amusing, and Occasionally Appalling Potations from Bygone Eras. Chronicle Books. ISBN 9781452121284. Imbibe (September...
- Composition of Four Hundred and Ninety-one Appealing Appetizers and Salutary Potations Long Known, Admired and Served at the Famous Big Br**** Rail; Also, a Glossary...
- Accordingly, Hamlin sent out for a bottle of whiskey and Johnson 'drank a good potation.' The two remained seated for some minutes, until it was announced that...
- potat- drink compotation, compotator, perpotation, potability, potable, potation, potion precor prec- precat-  – pray apprecation, deprecable, deprecate...
- posterity postern postilion, Fr. postillon postulant posture pot potable potation potion potpourri pottage potter pottery pouch pouffe poult poulterer poultry...
- movement between surface and underground waters. Collectively, these potations make up the first recorded instances of troglodytic crayfish in Europe...
- ****tail (Clarkson Potter, 2002), holds this to be his favorite forgotten potation. Preparation involves combining the sugar, lemon juice, and soda water...
- also; Fomentations and poultices, sinapisms, stupes, rubbings, and water potations. Hydrotherapy which involves submerging all or part of the body in water...
- its vital power from the "pure spirits that presided over Bardolph's potations". In Robert Nye's novel Falstaff (1976) the eponymous narrator says "there...