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Webster 1828 Edition

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

Noun.

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

swallowing

swallowing ‎(plural swallowings)

The act of one who swallows.
- 1865, The Hahnemannian Monthly (volume 1, page 354)
  Dryness of the mouth and throat, with frequent empty swallowings.