What is "drink offering"

Offering \Of"fer*ing\, n.

1. The act of an offerer; a proffering.

2. That which is offered, esp. in divine service; that which is presented as an expiation or atonement for sin, or as a free gift; a sacrifice; an oblation; as, sin offering.

   They are polluted offerings more abhorred Than spotted livers in the sacrifice.
   --Shak.

3. A sum of money offered, as in church service; as, a missionary offering. Specif.: (Ch. of Eng.) Personal tithes payable according to custom, either at certain seasons as Christmas or Easter, or on certain occasions as marriages or christenings.

   [None] to the offering before her should go.
   --Chaucer.

   Burnt offering, Drink offering, etc. See under Burnt. etc.

Drink \Drink\, n.

1. Liquid to be swallowed; any fluid to be taken into the stomach for quenching thirst or for other purposes, as water, coffee, or decoctions.

   Give me some drink, Titinius.
   --Shak.

2. Specifically, intoxicating liquor; as, when drink is on, wit is out.

   Drink money, or Drink penny, an allowance, or perquisite, given to buy drink; a gratuity.

   Drink offering (Script.), an offering of wine, etc., in the Jewish religious service.

   In drink, drunk. ``The poor monster's in drink.''
   --Shak.

   Strong drink, intoxicating liquor; esp., liquor containing a large proportion of alcohol. `` Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging.''
   --Prov. xx. 1.

The drink offering (Hebrew nesek) was a form of libation forming one of the sacrifices and offerings of the Law of Moses.