Drench

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.

II. Drench ·vt A drink; a draught; specifically, a potion of medicine poured or forced down the throat; also, a potion that causes purging.

III. Drench ·vt To cause to drink; especially, to dose by force; to put a potion down the throat of, as of a horse; hence. to purge violently by physic.

IV. Drench ·vt To steep in moisture; to wet thoroughly; to Soak; to saturate with water or other liquid; to Immerse.

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