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Gulp :: Gulp (v. t.) To swallow eagerly, or in large draughts; to swallow up; to take down at one swallow..

Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up..

Progne :: Progne (n.) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See Martin.

Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (n.) A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing..

Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..

Swallower :: Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.

Swallow :: Swallow (v. i.) To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow..

Deglutition :: Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.

Swallow :: Swallow (n.) As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water..

Resorb :: Resorb (v. t.) To swallow up.

Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.

Absorbing :: Absorbing (a.) Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit..

Bird''s-nest :: Bird's-nest (n.) The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups..

Resorbent :: Resorbent (a.) Swallowing up.

Introsume :: Introsume (v. t.) To draw in; to swallow.

Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..

Pouch :: Pouch (v. t.) To swallow; -- said of fowls.

Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness..

Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food..

Martin :: Martin (n.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows..

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