Also 7 stoutt. [Prob. elliptical for stout ale or stout beer (STOUT a. 11), though in our quots. these are not found till much later.] † a. ‘A cant name for strong beer’ (J.) Obs. b. In present use, a strong variety of porter.
1677. R. Hawtrey, Let., Egerton MS. 2716. We will drink your healths both in stoutt and best wine.
a. 1700. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Stout, very strong, Malt-Drink.
1719. D’Urfey, Pills, V. 83. We will frolick in Stout, And banish all Care in a Mug.
1720. Swift, Poems, To Stella, 32. Or kindly, when his credit’s out, Surprise him with a pint of stout.
1762. W. Burton, Lett., in Add. MS. 32933, lf. 273. The Porter brewers likewise make a beer of an extraordinary strength called Stout, that will bear being made weaker by mixing it with small.
1816. Times, 25 Jan., 3/1, in Hone’s Every-day Bk., I. 461/2. Stating from what Brewery each house was supplied with Brown Stout.
1848. Alb. Smith, Chr. Tadpole, xxvi. 237. A bottle of stout and a biscuit.
1882. Besant, All Sorts, Prol. I. I. 12. Messenger, Marsden, and Company’s Stout, their XXX, [etc.].
