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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Swill \Swill\, v. i.
   To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. --South.

Swill \Swill\, n.
   1. The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine;
      hogwash; -- called also {swillings}.

   2. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive
      quantities.

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.]

            As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and
            jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and
            wasteful ocean.                       --Shak.

   2. [Properly, to drink like a pig. See {Swill}, n.] To drink
      in great draughts; to swallow greedily.

            Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring
            sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and
            cider.                                --Smollett.

   3. To inebriate; to fill with drink.

            I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swilled
            insolence Of such late wassailers.    --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

swill
     n : wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen
         waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk [syn: {slop},
          {slops}, {pigswill}, {pigwash}]
     v 1: feed pigs [syn: {slop}]
     2: drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic
        drink) [syn: {swill down}]
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