Definition of swallow

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Swallet (n.) Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; -- so called among tin miners.

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Swallowwort :: Swallowwort (n.) See Celandine.
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () See Cornish chough, under Chough..
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A species of willow.
Wind-sucking :: Wind-sucking (n.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult..
Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle..
Regorge :: Regorge (v. t.) To swallow again; to swallow back.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To occupy; to take up; to employ.
Gobbet :: Gobbet (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The gannet.
Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..
Langarey :: Langarey (n.) One of numerous species of long-winged, shrikelike birds of Australia and the East Indies, of the genus Artamus, and allied genera; called also wood swallow..
Swift :: Swift (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds..
Engulfment :: Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.
Masticate :: Masticate (v. t.) To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food..
Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up..
Swallowwort :: Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
Swallowing :: Swallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Swallo.
Gulf :: Gulf (n.) That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The storm petrel.
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