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verb

Swill v. t. (past & past part. swilled; pres. part. swilling)

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."

To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily. "Well-dressed people, of both sexes,... devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider."

To inebriate; to fill with drink. "I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers."

Swill v. i. To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess.

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"Swilling" Quotes from Famous Books

... at the inquisitor's table fell a-laughing; but the latter, feeling the hit at the broth-swilling[58] hypocrisy of himself and his brethren, was mightily incensed, and but that he had gotten blame for that which he had already done, he would have saddled him with another prosecution, for that with a laughable speech he had rebuked him ...

— The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio • Giovanni Boccaccio

... had them, and drank them, frequently neat. I judge that the Nephew has to be more careful. Eupepsy is not revealed in his writing; but Christopher North and his co-mates must have had the stomachs of ostriches. The guzzling and swilling which were the staple of the Noctes were remarked upon at the time as incredible as well as disgusting; but it is to be presumed that they wouldn't have been there if, to the majority at least, they had not been a counsel of perfection. "I wasn't ...

— In a Green Shade - A Country Commentary • Maurice Hewlett

... The swilling and scrubbing of the planks roused Steve the next morning, and, hurriedly dressing, he went on deck to find the sun shining brightly, the blue sea sparkling, and a dim line that might have been cloud away to the right. The breeze was just such a one ...

— Steve Young • George Manville Fenn

... the falconer replied. "Those who first arrived I left swilling beer, and devouring pies and other provisions cooked for them last night, and from what I hear, they will set forth as soon as the last comer has arrived. Whichever be their quarry, they will try to fall upon it before the news of their arrival is ...

— The Boy Knight • G.A. Henty

... to capture the bushrangers; so, leaving the horses in charge of one man, we joined Smith, and finding that his prisoners were safe, left them in charge of the dog, and then walked rapidly in the direction of the gang, still swilling from ...

— The Gold Hunter's Adventures - Or, Life in Australia • William H. Thomes

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