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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swill  \Swill\,  v.  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,  Swilled  with  the  wild  and 
  wasteful  ocean.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  [Properly,  to  drink  like  a  pig.  See  {Swill},  n.]  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  swilled 
  insolence  Of  such  late  wassailers.  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  swilling 
  n  :  drinking  large  mouthfuls  rapidly  [syn:  {gulping},  {guzzling}] 




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