Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To drink (or, rarely, eat) greedily or to excess. · To wash (something) by flooding with water. · To move (a liquid or liquid-filled vessel) in a circular motion. · To move around or over a surface.
A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs etc; especially kitchen waste for this purpose. · Any disgusting or distasteful liquid. · Anything disgusting or worthless. · A large quantity of liquid drunk at one swallow.
From Middle English swilen (“to wash; swirl; wash away”), from Old English swillan, swilian (“to wash; wash down; swill; gargle”), from Proto-West Germanic *swilljan, from Proto-Germanic *swiljaną (“to gulp, swallow”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to drink, gulp, swallow”). Related to swallow.
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This page abbreviates 4 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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