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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Swill \Swill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Swilling}.] [OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian.]
1. To wash; to drench. [Obs.]
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As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. --Shak.
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2. [Properly, to drink like a pig. See {Swill}, n.] To drink
in great draughts; to swallow greedily.
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Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring
sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and
cider. --Smollett.
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3. To inebriate; to fill with drink.
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I should be loth
To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence
Of such late wassailers. --Milton.
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