▪ I. † haust, n.
(hɔːst)
[ad. L. haustus draught.]
| 1600 W. Watson Quodlibets Relig. & St. (1602) 339 To drinke vp the Thames at a haust. |
▪ II. † haust, v. Obs.
[f. L. haust-, ppl. stem of haurīre to draw (water).]
trans. To draw in, drink up, drain, absorb.
| 1542 Boorde Dyetary xi. (1870) 261 Hote breade..doth lye in the stomache lyke a sponge, haustyng vndecoct humours. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. v. vii. 161* When the liquor hausted to the Gurgulio is again revoked. |
▪ III. haust
var. hoast n. and v., cough.