tipple 1
/tip"euhl/ , v. , tippled, tippling , n.
v.i.
1. to drink intoxicating liquor, esp. habitually or to some excess.
v.t.
2. to drink (intoxicating liquor), esp. repeatedly, in small quantities.
n.
3. intoxicating liquor.
[ 1490-1500; back formation from ME tipeler tapster, equiv. to tipel- TAP 2 (c. D tepel teat) + -er -ER 1 ; cf. TIPSY ]
tipple 2
/tip"euhl/ , n.
1. a device that tilts or overturns a freight car to dump its contents.
2. a place where loaded cars are emptied by tipping.
3. Mining. a structure where coal is cleaned and loaded in railroad cars or trucks.
[ 1875-80, Amer.; n. use of dial. tipple to tumble, freq. of TIP 2 ; see -LE ]