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SWILLED
Verb
swilled
simple past tense and past participle of swill
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Source: Wiktionary
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.]
Definition: 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, v. i.
Definition: To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. South.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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