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Webster 1913 Edition
Swill
Swill
,Verb.
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,
O’erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swilled
with the wild and wasteful ocean. Shakespeare
2.
[Properly, to drink like a pig. See ]
Swill
, Noun.
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
Of such late wassailers.
To meet the rudeness and
swilled
insolenceOf such late wassailers.
Milton.
Swill
,Verb.
I.
To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess.
South.
Swill
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Swill
SWILL
, v.t.1.
To drink grossly or greedily; as, to swill down great quantities of liquors.2.
To wash; to drench.3.
To inebriate; to swell with fullness. I should be loth
To meet the rudeness and swill'd insolence
Of such late wassailers.
SWILL
,Noun.
1.
The wash or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; called in some places swillings.Definition 2024
swill
swill
English
Noun
swill (plural swills)
- a mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose
- any disgusting or distasteful liquid
- I cannot believe anyone could drink this swill.
- anything disgusting or worthless
- This new TV show is a worthless load of swill.
- a large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow
- He took a swill of his drink and tried to think of words.
- (Ultimate Frisbee) A badly-thrown pass
- Inexpensive beer
Translations
mixture of solid and liquid food scraps
any disgusting or distasteful liquid
anything disgusting or worthless
Verb
swill (third-person singular simple present swills, present participle swilling, simple past and past participle swilled)
- to eat or drink greedily or to excess
- Smollett
- Well-dressed people, of both sexes, […] devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 8
- If you can give me no more than twenty-five shillings, I'm sure I'm not going to buy you pork-pie to stuff, after you've swilled a bellyful of beer.
- Smollett
- to wash something by flooding with water
- Shakespeare
- As fearfully as doth a galled rock / O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, / Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean.
- Shakespeare
- to inebriate; to fill with drink.
- Milton
- I should be loth / To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence / Of such late wassailers.
- Milton
- to feed pigs swill
- 1921, Nephi Anderson, Dorian Chapter 8
- "Carlia, have you swilled the pigs?"
- 1921, Nephi Anderson, Dorian Chapter 8