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Webster 1913 Edition
Swig
Swig
,Verb.
T.
[Cf. D.
zwelgen
to swallow, E. swallow
, v.t.] 1.
To drink in long draughts; to gulp;
as, to
. swig
cider[Colloq.]
2.
To suck.
[Obs. or Archaic]
The lambkins
swig
the teat. Creech.
Swig
,Noun.
1.
A long draught.
[Colloq.]
Marryat.
2.
(Naut.)
A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
3.
A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc.
[Prov. Eng.]
Swig
,Verb.
T.
[Cf. Prov. E.
swig
to leak out, AS. swījian
to be silent, swīcan
to evade, escape.] 1.
To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off.
[Prov. Eng.]
2.
(Naut.)
To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.
Webster 1828 Edition
Swig
SWIG
,Verb.
T.
SWIG
,Noun.
1.
In seamen's language, a pulley with ropes which are not parallel.SWIG
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
swig
swig
English
Verb
swig (third-person singular simple present swigs, present participle swigging, simple past and past participle swigged)
- To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
- That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
- (obsolete) To suck.
- Creech
- The lambkins swig the teat.
- Creech
- (nautical) To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line (also: sweating)
Synonyms
Translations
to drink (usually by gulping)
to take up the last bit of slack in rigging
Noun
swig (plural swigs), (Appalachia)
- A long draught from a drink.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 12, The Cyclops
- And he took the last swig out of the pint.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Marryat to this entry?)
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 12, The Cyclops
- (nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
- Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
Synonyms
Translations
a drink