SWIG

v. n.

7 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider. [Colloq.]

2.
v.

To suck. [Obs. or Archaic] The lambkins swig the teat. Creech.

3.
n.

A long draught. [Colloq.] Marryat.

4.
n.

A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.

5.
n.

A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

6.
v.

To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off. [Prov. Eng.]

7.
v.

To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.


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