Category:Swill

Swill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swilling.] Etym: [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, swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. Shak.

2. Etym: [properly, to drink like a pig. See swill, n.]

Defn: 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 swilled insolence of such Late wassailers. Milton.

Swill Swill, v. i.

Defn: to drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. South.

Swill Swill, n.

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.