Tip"ple, n. Liquor taken in tippling; drink.
Pulque, the national tipple of Mexico.
S. B. Griffin.
Tip"pled (?), a. Intoxicated; inebriated; tipsy; drunk. [R.] Dryden.
Tip"pler (?), n. 1. One who keeps a tippling-house. [Obs.] Latimer.
2. One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous
liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.
Tip"pling-house` (?), n. A house in which liquors are sold in drams or
small quantities, to be drunk on the premises.
Tip"si*fy (?), v. t. [Tipsy + - fy.] To make tipsy. [Colloq.]
Thackeray.
Tip"si*ly, adv. In a tipsy manner; like one tipsy.
Tip"si*ness, n. The state of being tipsy.
Tip"staff` (?), n.; pl. Tipstaff (&?;). 1. A staff tipped with metal.
Bacon.
2. An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable.
Macaulay.
Tip"sy (?), a. [Compar. Tipsier (?); superl. Tipsiest.] [Akin to
tipple; cf. Prov. G. tips drunkenness, betipst drunk, tipsy. See
Tipple.] 1. Being under the influence of strong drink; rendered weak or
foolish by liquor, but not absolutely or completely drunk; fuddled;
intoxicated.