Definition of swallow

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Swallow (n.) Capacity for swallowing; voracity.

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Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The storm petrel.
Introsume :: Introsume (v. t.) To draw in; to swallow.
Fork-tailed :: Fork-tailed (a.) Having the outer tail feathers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds.
Maw :: Maw (n.) A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt..
Priestcap :: Priestcap (n.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail..
Salagane :: Salagane (n.) The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.
Choke Pear :: Choke pear () A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
Swept :: Swelve (v. t.) To swallow.
Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread..
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities..
Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
Progne :: Progne (n.) A swallow.
Glut :: Glut (n.) That which is swallowed.
Burgee :: Burgee (n.) A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pennant, used by cutters, yachts, and merchant vessels..
Swallowing :: Swallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Swallo.
Asclepias :: Asclepias (n.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties..
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.
Deglutition :: Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.
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