Swilling

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  swilling
       n : the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly [syn: {gulping}, {guzzling}]