swill, swilen, swilien

t. & i. [A. S. swilian to wash; cf. Ital. skyla; Dan. skylle =to swill, to rinse, to wash.] A. Transitive: *1. To wash, as dishes. "Dishes swilen ." -Havelok , 919. *2. To wash, to bathe. "As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,,, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean." Shakesp.: Henry V. iii. 1. IMG:content-0690.png:[blocks in formation] 2. The wash given to swine to drink; hogswash, swillings. "Give swine such swill as you have."-Mortimer. *swill-bowl, subst . [Eng. swill , and bowl .] A drunkard, a greedy person, a glutton, a swiller. "Wantonne was never such a swill bowl of ribaldry." -Harvey Pierces Supererogation , ii. 141. swill-er, subst. [Eng. swill, v.; -er.] One who swills; one who drinks gro ly or greedily. swill-eў (1), 8. [Eng.swill, v.; -ey.] An eddy, a whirlpool. (Prov. Eng.)