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Swill


SWILL, verb transitive

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 Large draughts of liquor; or drink taken in excessive quantities.

1. The wash or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; called in some places swillings.