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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Potatioun, -acioune, n. [Late ME and e.m.E. potacioun (Lydgate), -ation, a drink (1426), drinking (1479–81), a drinking party (1512), OF potacion, -ation, L. pōtātiōn-.] An act of drinking, a drink, draught; the action of drinking (liquor). — 1375 Barb. xx 535.
In his first potacioune [E. potioun] He suld him gif dedly poysoune 1509 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 8.
And that na wachmane ga to potatioun and drink fra tyme nyne houris furtht
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