Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
UPDRINKING, vbl.n. A feast to celebrate a woman's recovery after childbirth. Cf. Upsitting.Ags. 1819 A. Balfour Campbell I. ii.:
At the feast given on my Mother's recovery, which in that part of the country was termed the up-drinking.Sc. 1823 Scots Mag. (June) 684:
Your up-drinkings an' christening feasts.
