cool tankard
A cooling drink, usually made of wine and water, with lemon-juice, spices, and borage; also, a local name of borage, from its use in this beverage (Britten and Holland).
| a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Cool Tankard, Wine and Water, with a Lemon Sugar and Nutmeg. 1777 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 199/1 This day..the Lord Mayor..partook of a cool tankard at Newgate with Mr. Akerman. 1847 Williamson Mem. C. Simeon i. 12 The day was hot..I drank a great deal of cool tankard. 1858 R. Hogg Veg. Kingd. 541 The fresh tops [of borage] were formerly used in cool tankards. |