Gird thyself, and serve me, till have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink. Luke xvii. 8.

He shall drink of the wrath the Almighty. Job xxi. 20.

Drink of the cup that can not cloy. Keble.

And they drank, and were merry with him. Gem. xliii. 34.

Bolingbroke always spoke freely when he had drunk freely. Thackeray.

To drink to, to salute in drinking; to wish well to, in the act of taking the cup; to pledge in drinking.

I drink to the general joy of the whole table,
And to our dear friend Banquo. Shak.

There lies she with the blessed gods in bliss,
There drinks the nectar with ambrosia mixed. Spenser.

The bowl of punch which was brewed and drunk in Mrs. Betty's room. Thackeray.

And let the purple violets drink the stream. Dryden.

To drink the cooler air, Tennyson.

My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words
Of that tongue's utterance. Shak.

Let me . . . drink delicious poison from thy eye. Pope.

And some men now live ninety years and past,
Who never drank to tobacco first nor last. Taylor (1630.)

To drink down, to act on by drinking; to reduce or subdue; as, to drink down unkindness. Shak. -- To drink in, to take into one's self by drinking, or as by drinking; to receive and appropriate as in satisfaction of thirst. "Song was the form of literature which he [Burns] had drunk in from his cradle." J. C. Shairp. -- To drink off or up, to drink the whole at a draught; as, to drink off a cup of cordial. -- To drink the health of, or To drink to the health of, to drink while expressing good wishes for the health or welfare of.

Give me some drink, Titinius. Shak.

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.