Definition of swallow

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

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Ingulf :: Ingulf (v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf..
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.
Resorbent :: Resorbent (a.) Swallowing up.
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..
Swill :: Swill (n.) To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.
Engorged :: Engorged (p. a.) Swallowed with greediness, or in large draughts..
Gobble :: Gobble (v. t.) To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.
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..
Guzzle :: Guzzle (v. t.) To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer..
Salagane :: Salagane (n.) The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.
Priestcap :: Priestcap (n.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail..
Gulp :: Gulp (n.) The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once..
Ruminant :: Ruminant (a.) Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.
Trichina :: Trichina (n.) A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their
Pill :: Pill (n.) A medicine in the form of a little ball, or small round mass, to be swallowed whole..
Progne :: Progne (n.) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See Martin.
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The gannet.
Regorge :: Regorge (v. t.) To swallow again; to swallow back.
Quaff :: Quaff (v. t.) To drink with relish; to drink copiously of; to swallow in large draughts.
Scray :: Scray (n.) A tern; the sea swallow.
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