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Pronunciation : Swill
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian.]
Definition : 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. Etym: [Properly, to drink like a pig. See Swill, n.]

Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Swilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swilling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Swill
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. South.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Swill
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913