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1Swill — has several uses: *Swill can refer to any cheap, usually poor tasting beverage, especially beer or liquor of many kinds, or to food unfit for human consumption. This usage is likely derived from the term pig swill, which is a generic term for… …
2swill´er — swill «swihl», noun, verb. –n. 1. a) kitchen refuse, especially when partly liquid; garbage; slops; hogwash. Swill is sometimes fed to pigs. b) any one of various other foods for animals resembling this in consistency, such as a mixture of water… …
3Swill — Swill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Swilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swilling}.] [OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian.] 1. To wash; to drench. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] As fearfully as doth a galled rock O erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild… …
4Swill — Swill, n. 1. The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; called also {swillings}. [1913 Webster] 2. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities. [1913 Webster] …
5Swill — Swill, v. i. To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. South. [1913 Webster] …
6swill — swill·er; swill; …
7swill — [swil] vt. [ME swilen < OE swilian < IE base * swel , to devour > SWALLOW2] 1. to flood with water so as to wash or rinse 2. to drink greedily or in large quantity 3. to feed swill to (pigs, etc.) vi. to drink, esp. liquor, in large… …
8swill-tub — swillˈ tub noun A tub for hogwash • • • Main Entry: ↑swill …
9swill — (v.) O.E. swilian, swillan to wash, gargle, with no certain cognates, but probably from P.Gmc. *sweljanan, related to the root of SWALLOW (Cf. swallow) (v.). Meaning drink greedily is from 1530s; the noun sense of liquid kitchen refuse fed to… …
10swill — ► VERB 1) Brit. rinse out with large amounts of water. 2) Brit. (of liquid) swirl round in a container or cavity. 3) informal drink greedily or in large quantities. ► NOUN 1) kitchen refuse and waste food mixed with water for feeding to pigs. 2)… …