subs. (old cant).1. Canary wine.
c. 1627. MIDDLETON [Works (HALLIWELL), II. 422]. Rich ARISTIPPUS, sparkling sherry.
1703. DEFOE, The True-Born Englishman.
The Sages Praise Epicurus rather than Lysander, | |
And ARISTIPPUS more than Alexander. |
2. (old).A Diet-drink, or Decoction of Sarsa China, etc. Sold at certain Coffee-houses, and drank as T (B. E. and GROSE).