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Webster 1913 Edition
Swill
Swill
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Swilled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Swilling
.] [OE.
swilen
to wash, AS. swilian
.] 1.
To wash; to drench.
[Obs.]
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O’erhang and jutty his confounded base,
O’erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swilled
with the wild and wasteful ocean. Shakespeare
2.
[Properly, to drink like a pig. See ]
Swill
, Noun.
To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.
Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and
swilling
pork, and punch, and cider. Smollett.
3.
To inebriate; to fill with drink.
I should be loth
To meet the rudeness and
Of such late wassailers.
To meet the rudeness and
swilled
insolenceOf such late wassailers.
Milton.
Swill
,Verb.
I.
To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess.
South.
Swill
,Noun.
1.
The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; – called also
swillings
. 2.
Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.
Webster 1828 Edition
Swill
SWILL
, v.t.1.
To drink grossly or greedily; as, to swill down great quantities of liquors.2.
To wash; to drench.3.
To inebriate; to swell with fullness. I should be loth
To meet the rudeness and swill'd insolence
Of such late wassailers.
SWILL
,Noun.
1.
The wash or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; called in some places swillings.