swilll (swil)

[Early mod. E. also swyll; I swyll , I rynce or clense any maner ve ell. Palsgrave , p. 745. As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Shak., Hen. V., iii. 1. 14. Previous to every dip the work should be well rinsed in fresh boiling water, and at the conclusion it should be swilled in the same manner and dried in boxwood sawdust. G. E. Gee, Goldsmith's Handbook, p. 164. 2. To drink greedily or to exce . The wretched, bloody, and usurping boar Swills your warm blood like wash. Shak., Rich. III., v. 2. 9. Let Friar John, in safety, still. Roast hi ing crabs, or flagons swill . Scott , Marmion, i. 22. swiftly (swift'li), adv. [ lik; Swiftly seize the Joy that swiftly flies. Congreve, Ovid's Art of Love. swift-moth (swift'môth), n. Any moth of the family Epialidæ (or Co idæ ); a goat-moth; a swift. See swift1 , n ., 7, and cut under Co us . swiftne (swift'nes), n. [ swiftne e , swyftnes , swiftnes , swiftnes , swift , swift: see swift1 .] The state or quality of being swift; speed; rapid motion; quickne ; celerity; expedition. The other River is called the Rhodanus, much famoused by the ancient Latine Poets for the swiftne e thereof. Coryat , Crudities, I. 61. This King [Harold] for his Swiftne in Running was Baker , Chronicles, p. 18. called Harefoot. =Syn. Rapidity , Speed , etc. See quickne . swift-shriket (swift's hrik), n. [ swift1 , n., 4, + shrike .] A bird of the genus Ocypterus ; a kind of swallow-shrike or wood-swallow. Swains on . swift-winged (swift' wingd), a. Rapid in flight. Nor staying longer than one swift - wing'd Night. Prior, Solomon, iii. swiftył (swif'ti), a. [ swift1 + -y1.] Swift. Googe , Epitaph of M. Shelley. [Rare.] swig) (swig), r.; pret. and pp. swigged , ppr. swigging . [Perhaps ult., through dial. corrup- IMG:content-2630.png:[blocks in formation] Till they can show there's something they love better than swilling themselves with ale, extension of the suffrage can never mean anything for them but extension of boozing. George Eliot , Felix Holt, xi. II. in trans. 1. To wash; rinse. Kezia, the good-hearted, bad-tempered housemaid,... had begun to scrub and swill. George Eliot, Mill on the Flo , iii. 6. 2. To drink greedily; drink to exce . They which on this day doe drink & swill In such lewd fashion. Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 20. Ye eat, and swill , and sleep, and gormandize, and thrive, while we are wasting in mortification. Sheridan, The Duenna, iii. 5.