swill : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: swill	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for swill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swill n wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk Synonym(s): slop, slops, swill, pigswill, pigwash v feed pigs Synonym(s): slop, swill drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink) Synonym(s): swill, swill down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swill \Swill\, v. i. To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. --South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.