Quaff

(kwăf), v. t. [imp. & p. p. QUAFFED (kwăft); p. pr. & vb. n. QUAFFING.] [Fr. coiffer, to cap or hood, to coif, to intoxicate, make tipsy; se coiffer, to get intoxicated or tipsy, from coiffe, a hood. Cf. Sw. quäfva, to suffocate, immerse. See COIF.] To drink down; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts. He quaffs the muscadel. Shak. They, in communion sweet, Quaff immortality and joy. Milton.