"stained" = "drunk"?
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Tue Aug 1 03:36:47 UTC 2006
Why does OED2 have nothing for "stained" =
"drunk" other than, under "stain, v.", the
following definition and single
citation? (Googling, I find at least one instance.)
[5.]g. To obfuscate, make tipsy. Obs.
1614 B. Jonson Barth. Fair i. iii, Why? we
were all a little stain'd last night, sprinckled with a cup or two.
Joel
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