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.
© Webster 1913.
Swill, v. i. To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess.
South.
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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.
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