'Swilled' definitions:

Definition of 'Swilled'

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  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [Properly, to drink like a pig. See Swill, n.] To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily. [1913 Webster]
  • Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider. --Smollett. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To inebriate; to fill with drink. [1913 Webster]
  • I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

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