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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Engorge :: Engorge (v. t.) To swallow with greediness or in large quantities; to devour.
Deglutition :: Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.
Swallow :: Swallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swallo.
Glut :: Glut (v. t.) To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..
Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up..
Burgee :: Burgee (n.) A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels..
Ruminate :: Ruminate (v. i.) To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.
Ingulf :: Ingulf (v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf..
Progne :: Progne (n.) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See Martin.
Rhachiodont :: Rhachiodont (a.) Having gular teeth formed by a peculiar modification of the inferior spines of some of the vertebrae, as certain South African snakes (Dasypeltis) which swallow birds' eggs and use these gular teeth to crush them..
Gulp :: Gulp (v. t.) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow..
Regorge :: Regorge (v. t.) To swallow again; to swallow back.
Swallowed :: Swallow (n.) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
Gormandize :: Gormandize (v. i. & t.) To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton.
Engorged :: Engorged (p. a.) Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts..
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..
Bank Swallow :: Bank swallow () See under 1st Bank, n..
Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A swallow-tailed coat.
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