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Swill
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What's The Definition Of Swill?
[n] wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
[v] drink large quantities of (liquid, esp. alcoholic drink); guzzle [v] feed pigs Synonyms | Synonyms for Swill: pigswill | pigwash | slop | slop | slops | swill down Related Terms | Find terms related to Swill: See Also | drink | feed | feed | give | imbibe | provender Swill In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Swill\, v. i. To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. --South. \Swill\, n. 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. |
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