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Swig   /swɪg/   Listen
noun
Swig  n.  
1.
A long draught. (Colloq.)
2.
(Naut.) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
3.
A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc. (Prov. Eng.)


verb
Swig  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."


Swig  v. t.  
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.





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"Swig" Quotes from Famous Books



... for I well remimbers the last swig I took a'most burnt a hole in me shirt, over the bosom, and they say that is where the ...
— The Lost Trail - I • Edward S. Ellis
... sprang, into the cold, and with our blankets about our shoulders, Indian fashion, we each drank a good swig of hot tea. Then we washed our faces, and packed our blankets, ...
— Pluck on the Long Trail - Boy Scouts in the Rockies • Edwin L. Sabin
... the programme was lemonade. It was brought around in little flat glass bowls and set by your plate. I was pretty thirsty, and I picked up mine and took a big swig of it. Right there was where the little lady had made a mistake. She had put in the lemon all right, but she'd forgot the sugar. The best housekeepers slip up sometimes. I thought maybe Miss Sterling was just learning to keep house and cook—that rabbit would surely make you think so—and I says ...
— Sixes and Sevens • O. Henry
... had disappeared, something from the rear grabbed me by the foot. I nearly fainted with fright. Then a welcome whisper in a cockney accent. "I s'y, myte, we've come to relieve you." Wheeler and I crawled back to our trench, we looked like wet hens and felt worse. After a swig of rum we were soon fast asleep on the fire step in ...
— Over The Top • Arthur Guy Empey
... he saw this outlay, and remarking that the young occupant of the chamber must have an appetite of her own, he put the neck of the brandy bottle to his lips and took what he called "a heavy swig." ...
— Capitola's Peril - A Sequel to 'The Hidden Hand' • Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth


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