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Webster 1828 Edition

Swallowing

SWAL'LOWING

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ppr.

Taking into the stomach; absorbing; ingulfing; receiving implicitly; engrossing; wasting; exhausting.

SWAL'LOWING

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Noun.

The act of taking into the stomach or of absorbing; the act of receiving implicitly; the act of engrossing.