drink offering

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drink offering - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Offering \Of"fer*ing\, n.
     1. The act of an offerer; a proffering.
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     2. That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which
        is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a
        free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering.
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              They are polluted offerings more abhorred
              Than spotted livers in the sacrifice. --Shak.
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     3. A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a
        missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal
        tithes payable according to custom, either at certain
        seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as
        marriages or christenings.
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              [None] to the offering before her should go.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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     Burnt offering, Drink offering, etc. See under Burnt.
        etc.
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  Drink \Drink\, n.
     1. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the
        stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as
        water, coffee, or decoctions.
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              Give me some drink, Titinius.         --Shak.
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     2. Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on,
        wit is out.
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     Drink money, or Drink penny, an allowance, or perquisite,
        given to buy drink; a gratuity.
  
     Drink offering (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the
        Jewish religious service.
  
     In drink, drunk. "The poor monster's in drink." --Shak.
  
     Strong drink, intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing
        a large proportion of alcohol. " Wine is a mocker, strong
        drink is raging."                           --Prov. xx. 1.
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