subs. (university).—A wine-drinking party.
1847. TENNYSON, The Princess, iv. A death’s-head at the WINE.
1849. C. KINGSLEY, Alton Locke, xiii. He disappeared every day about four to ‘hall’; after which he did not reappear till eight, the interval being taken up, he said, in ‘WINES’ and an hour of billiards.
1887. Echo, 5 Sept. Surely such a WINE was never given at Oxford in any gentleman’s room.
