Bēv'er-age, n.
n. [O. Fr. bevrage, bovraige, from bevre, to drink, now breuvage, Pr. beurage, beuragge, It. beveraggio, L. Lat. beveragium. See BEVER.] 1. Liquor for drinking; — usually applied to a pleasant or mixed liquor.
Sense 2. A mixture of water, cider, and spice; water-cider. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Sense 3. A treat, or drink-money, given on wearing a new suit of clothes, the forfeit being a button cut off from them, if the wearer is so injudicious as to refuse. Halliwell.
Sense 4. A treat, or drink-money, on first coming into prison; garnish. Johnson.