Crossword clues for swilled
swilled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swill \Swill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swilling.] [OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian.]
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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.
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[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. -
To inebriate; to fill with drink.
I should be loth To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence Of such late wassailers.
--Milton.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: swill)
Usage examples of "swilled".
Flints were reseated in the leather patch that was gripped in the screw-tightened jaws of the rifle cocks, hot water was swilled into barrels that were already cleaned, and Sharpe sensed the fear that all men have before battle.
He reached inside his robe and pulled out his wine flask and swilled moodily, spitting the pulpy residue at flowers.
Doll burped in an unladylike fashion and swilled back some of the Director's Reserve '03 Cabernet.