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swilling |
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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