Emily Dickinson Lexicon

QUAFF, v.t. [Fr. coiffer, to cap or hood; se coiffer, to fuddle, or be fuddled, from coiffe, a hood. But qu. In the Ethiopic, ከወፈ quaf or kwof, is to draw, to draw out. Ludolf, 407. In Arabic, قَابَ kauba or kwaba, is to drink largely, or to devour, as food.]

To drink; to swallow in large draughts. He quaffs the muscadel. – Shak. They in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy. – Milton.