Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To pledge in drinking; drink to; wish for in behalf of some one while drinking to him.
- To present; offer; guarantee.
- n. Money given as drink-money, or any gift, favor, or loving pledge.
- n. The power of giving.
- n. Same as allylene.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of propyne.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. obsolete To pledge; to offer as a toast or a health in the manner of drinking, that is, by drinking first and passing the cup.
- v. obsolete Hence, to give in token of friendship.
- v. obsolete To give, or deliver; to subject.
- n. Obs. or Scot. A pledge.
- n. Obs or Scot. A gift; esp., drink money.
- n. (Chem.) Same as allylene.
Examples
“I think there be none in the whole Clan Quhele, save those which I myself gave to Gilchrist MacIan, whom God assoilzie, who esteemed them a choice propine.”
“Dinna ye ken, Nelly woman, his presence will vex you no longer? you're at liberty to go your own gate, and be as you have been -- that was his propine," whispered Lady Staneholme, in sorrowful perplexity, but without rousing Nelly from her stupor.”
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“But surely there was never sic a braw propine as this sent to a yerl by an auld fishwife, and through the hands of a gaberlunzie beggar. '”
“And she is to send you doun a pound of her hie-dried, and some other tobaka, and we maun think of some propine for her, since her kindness hath been great.”
“Clan Quhele, save those which I myself gave to Gilchrist MacIan, whom God assoilzie, who esteemed them a choice propine.”
“Ay, ay," answered Ailsie, with a bitter grin; "and Sir William Ashton promised me a bonny red gown to the boot o 'that -- a stake, and a chain, and a tar-barrel, lass! what think ye o' that for a propine?”
“But surely there was never sic a braw propine as this sent to a yerl by an auld fishwife, and through the hands of a gaberlunzie beggar. ”
“But surely there was never sic a braw propine as this sent to a yerl by an auld fishwife, and through the hands of a gaberlunzie beggar.””
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘propine’.
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phrontistery - p
from phrontistery.info
pustule, purulence, pushful, purser, purpureal, putative, purpure, purpresture, purloin, purline, purlieu, purlicue and 1766 more...
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Words starting with PRO
I've noticed many, many words start with PRO and this is just a collection of them.
professional, pronunciation, Prolagus, probable, prog, proximity, profit, procrastincate, prom, pronoun, promise, proactive and 206 more...
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Latin
exempli gratia, deus ex machina, prolix, sisyphean, minatory, empyrean, cicatrix, demulcent, effulgence, emulsion, garum, ablative and 39 more...
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on rye
the menu of my sandwich shop in cloudcuckooland
UHT Cambodian, Gristly Adams, Giant Salamanderwich, Chicken Sink, Guacolate Apocalypse, pancetta dentata, 8-methyl-6-trans-..., half-pound mound ..., Transatlantic Fon..., Transatlantic Fon..., Screeb of Squab w..., Brine-cured mouss... and 24 more...
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Not quite love
prolix, pleonastic, senescence, autochthonous, loup, pronk, onomatopoeia, magisterial, rixatrix, esurient, blowsabella, crapulence and 69 more...
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O! Timballo
for the same
tea-poy, pooking fork, ait, eyot, quodlibet, milk leg, tussie-mussie, calash, gueules, caitiff, bindery, demi-rep and 224 more...
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gift smift
donation, lagniappe, endow, knack, bequest, giveaway, bestow, hogmanay, munificent, largesse, bonsella, beneficence and 54 more...
Tweets
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