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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Drink, Drynk, v. Also: drinke. P.t. drank(e, drang. P.p. drunkin, -en, dronkyn; drukin, druk(k)en, drokin. [ME. drinke, drynke, OE. drincan, p.t. dranc, p.p. druncen. The p.p. drukken (also current in northern Eng.) is from the ON. drukkenn.]

1. tr. To swallow (liquid or liquor). Also fig.(a) a1400 Leg. S. v. 329.
I wil that thu Drinke the venome I sal the gyfe c1420 Wynt. i. 687.
Othyr folk thare … drynkys bot wattyr off the se 1456 Hay II. 123/34.
It war gude to drink culand thingis c1500-c1512 Dunb. xl. 2.
Drynkand the wyne satt cumeris tway 1549 Compl. 145/11.
At that tyme the pepil var as reddy to drynk vattir in ther bonet … as in ane glas a1568 Scott xx. 64.
Ȝit man thow stand content, And drynk that thow hes brewit(b) a1400 Leg. S. vii. 53.
Wyne & cesare drank he nocht c1420 Wynt. iv. 178.
Socrates The wenum drank and poysownyd wes 1456 Hay I. 250/24.
Quhen the prophet … mycht no mare travaill, he ete and drank his repas a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 339.
I … dulcely drank of eloquence the fontane 1513 Doug. i. xi. 90.
The cowpe with the rich wyne … All owt he drank 1549 Compl. 145/23.
At that tyme the pepil drank nothir vyne nor beir(c) a 1420 Liber Calchou 451.
Thir spycery … drunkyn wyt wyn or ale castis out vennome 1456 Hay I. 275/28.
Suppos … that he had drunkyn our stark wyne 1483 Acta Aud. 123/1.
Gif ony of the said wyne be drunkin out or spendit 1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 40.
Droucht had drunkyn vp his dam in the dry ȝeir c1650 Spalding II. 208.
He gat no bon-acord drunkin to him in wyne(b) 1492 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 65.
Gif any … cumis nocht betymes, … he sall pay for ilk defalt vj [d.] unforgevyn, to be drukken be the dusane [councillors] 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 45 b.
My flesch eitin and blude drukin in this sacrament sall gif lyff euerlesting Id. Facile Tr. 367.
What is eattin and drokin, is treulie fuid and geuis lyf 1613 Conv. Burghs II. 429.
They sall pay the wyne and beir drucken extraordinarlie 1649 Cupar Presb. 137.
He had sent for a quart aill, and staying whil it was druken, it was late

b. Const. of the liquor. 1375 Barb. xix. 355.
Thai that drunkyn had of the vyne c1420 Wynt. i. 448.
Off the wyne … He drank swa fast that he wes glede 1456 Hay I. 188/29.
Nouthir ete thai of oure metis, na drink thai of oure drynkis 1513 Doug. i. xi. 91.
Syne al the nobillis tharof drank abowt a1540 Freiris Berw. 414.
Thay drank evin round abowt Of Gascone wyne a1578 Pitsc. II. 78/23.
Beseikand thame … to drink witht him of that cupe for Christis saik

c. To squander in drink. a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 443.
Thou drank thy thrift, sald and wedsett thy clais

2. intr. To partake of liquid or liquor; to engage in drinking. Also fig.(a) c1420 Wynt. iv. 494.
To drynk thai had sik appetyt … Thai fell on slepe rycht hewyly a1500 Rauf C. 261.
Is nane sa gude as drink, and gang to our bed c1500-c1512 Dunb. v. 38.
Drink with my guddame, as ȝe ga by Ib. vi. 102.
Drynkand and playand cop out evin 1513 Doug. i. xi. 69.
A weghty cowp … Into the quhilk gret Belus accustomyt was To drynk vmquhile a1540 Freiris Berw. 290.
Ga call thame doun, that we ma drink togidder 1547 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 131.
Gif ony of the said watches beis fundin absent slepand or drinkand a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xv. 69.
Dyvouris that drinkis all the day 1632 St. A. Baxter Bks. 93.
We ordaine that the said Wiliam & Robert sall drink togider and liue togider in brotherly felowschip(b) c1420 Wynt. iv. 462.
Thai … ete and drank thaim to refresche a1500 Henr. Fab. 2615.
Thus drank [B. drang] thai baith, but not of ane intent c1500-c1512 Dunb. v. 17.
Scho neuer eit, bot drank our mesur et mair c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1598.
Quhow that Noye plantit the wyne, And drank tyll he wes dronkin syne 1573 Sat. P. xxxix. 15.
As thay haue brouin that bargaine, sa thay drank(c) ?1438 Alex. ii. 7681.
Quhen thay had drukin, … The king rais 1456 Hay II. 116/28.
Gif a man has etyn and dronkyn sufficiandly Ib. 144/30.
Ay fastand, that he have nouthir etyn na drounkyn a1500 Henr. Fab. 325.
Scantlie had thay drunkin anis or twyse a1578 Pitsc. I. 187/2.
Efter that they had drukin and all men was in thair bedis 1608 Crim. Trials II. ii. 542.
Thay had drukkin togidder a certane space 1663 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. I. 345.
The said William … after he had druken and deboshed all night, came in upon the said compleaner soon in the morning

b. Const. to a person. a1500 Rauf C. 213.
Gar our gaist begin, and syne drink thow to me a1578 Pitsc. II. 78/23.
Mr George … drank to thame all round about