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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Twitter :: Twitter (n.) The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow..
Eat :: Eat (v. t.) To chew and swallow as food; to devour; -- said especially of food not liquid; as, to eat bread..
Engulfment :: Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.
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..
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..
Martin :: Martin (n.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows..
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) The act of swallowing.
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..
Pouch :: Pouch (v. t.) To swallow; -- said of fowls.
Gormandize :: Gormandize (v. i. & t.) To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton.
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight..
Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Taste; relish; inclination; liking.
Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..
Republican :: Republican (n.) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together..
Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.
Witchuck :: Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow..
Swallowwort :: Swallowwort (n.) See Celandine.
Cultrivorous :: Cultrivorous (a.) Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity..
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