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†INDRINK, n., v.
I. n. 1. The evaporation of a liquid (Rnf. 1837 Crawfurd MSS. XI. 314); shrinkage in the amount of a liquid or other measure; 2. fig. diminution, decrease in size or number (Sc. 1911 S.D.D.; Bnff. 1927).1. Rnf. 1757 W. M. Metcalfe Lordship Paisley (1912) 45:
By in Drink of meall and retailling allowed the officer.Ayr. 1866 Trans. Highl. Soc. 80:
The amount of indrink may be from one-twelfth to one-sixteenth of the whole [of new cheese].2. Sc. 1709 R. Wodrow Corresp. (1842) I. 30:
There has been a great indrink of communicants in many places in this country-side this summer.
II. v. To shrink in, become less (Sc. 1911 S.D.D.).
[In, adv. + drink. O.Sc. indrink, deficiency, to be short, from 1674.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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