subs. (old).—Gin: see WHITE SATIN and DRINKS.
1725. G. SMITH, A Compleat Body of Distilling [S. DOWELL, A History of Taxation and Taxes in England, iv. 103]. [Gin … sold under the names of] double geneva, royal geneva, celestial geneva, TITTERY.…
1731. BAILEY, English Dictionary, s.v. TITYRE, a nickname for the liquor called geneva, probably so called because it makes persons merry, laugh, and TITTER.
