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Swig   /swɪg/   Listen
noun
Swig  n.  
1.
A long draught. (Colloq.)
2.
(Naut.) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
3.
A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc. (Prov. Eng.)


verb
Swig  v. t.  
1.
To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider. (Colloq.)
2.
To suck. (Obs. or Archaic) "The lambkins swig the teat."


Swig  v. t.  
1.
To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off. (Prov. Eng.)
2.
(Naut.) 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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"Swig" Quotes from Famous Books



... hope you pay attention to your studies also, and write often to your dear mother. Ah! you do? That is right; for you know you are her only hope since your brave father was killed. There, sir, you may swig a little claret, but ...
— Captain Brand of the "Centipede" • H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
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... disgus' me," he retorted. "Talkin' soldier, when y' know Matthews could buy th' hull kit an' boodle with a swig o' whisky!" He arraigned ...
— The Plow-Woman • Eleanor Gates
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... later on, At the place where 'e is gone— Where it's always double drill and no canteen; 'E'll be squattin' on the coals, Givin' drink to poor damned souls. An' I'll get a swig in hell from ...
— Old and New Masters • Robert Lynd
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... with the air of a General of Division. There sex was wiped out. During our chance meeting, one of the many queer chance meetings of the war, a meeting which lasted five minutes while I accompanied her to her destination, we spoke as man to man. She took a swig out of my brandy flask. She asked me for a cigarette—smoked out, she said. I was in nearly the same predicament, having only, at the moment, for all tobacco, the pipe I was then smoking. "For God's sake, like a good chap, give me a puff or ...
— The Mountebank • William J. Locke
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... converted quite into steam in the miniature Tophet, which you mistake for a stomach. Fill again, and tell me, on the word of an honest toper, did you ever, in cellar, tavern, or any other kind of dramshop, spend the price of your children's food for a swig half so delicious? Now, for the first time these ten years, you know the flavor of cold water. Good-by; and whenever you are thirsty, recollect that I keep a constant supply at ...
— Eighth Reader • James Baldwin
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