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Definition of Quaffed
1. quaff [v] - See also: quaff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quaffed
Literary usage of Quaffed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1872)
"The draughts which I have drunk impel me like violent blasts: I have quaffed the
soma. 3. The draughts which I have drunk impel me as fleet horses a ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"XII took it up, He quaffed off the wine, and he threw LOCHINVAR LADY HERON'S SONG
Oh ! young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border ..."
3. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"The Trojans too, at the same time, enjoy the friendly city. The king entertained
them in his spacious galleries. In the midst of the court they quaffed ..."
4. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1850)
"Gloating o'er their carrion prize, Loud the foul hyenas laughed— Grinned the
wolves, and gleamed their eyes, As the thickening blood they quaffed. ..."
5. History of English Literature by Hippolyte Taine (1880)
"... his heart full of joy, nested and excited by the generous wine he quaffed,
whom suddenly we see growing pale ; there was poison in the cup; he falls, ..."
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