or bevy, subs. (old).—1. A tip; a vail: equivalent to Fr. pourboire: ‘money for drink, demanded of anyone having a new suit of clothes’ (GROSE).
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. BEVERIDGE, a Garnishmoney, for any thing; also Wine and Water.
2. (common).—Beer : see quot. 1696, sense 1.
