Quaff \Quaff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quaffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quaffing}.] [For quach, fr. Gael. & Ir. cuach a drinking cup; cf. L. caucus a drinking vessel. Cf. {Quaigh}.] To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts. ``Quaffed off the muscadel.'' --Shak.
They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy. --Milton.
Quaff \Quaff\, v. i. To drink largely or luxuriously.
Twelve days the gods their solemn revels keep, And quaff with blameless Ethiops in the deep. --Dryden.