What does "tipple" mean?

Tipple: To drink, as strong liquors, frequently or in excess. Himself, for saving charges, A peeled, sliced onions eats, and tipples verjuice. Dryden.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To put up in bundles in order to dry, as hay.
  2. 3.Liquor taken in tippling; drink. Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico. S. B. Griffin.

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