Swill /(?)/

Swill

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Swilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swilling

  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.
  2. To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.
    Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider.
  3. To inebriate; to fill with drink.
    I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers.

Swill

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

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.