GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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