Definition of swallow

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Swallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swallo.

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Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A swallow-tailed coat.
Ingurgitation :: Ingurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.
Salagane :: Salagane (n.) The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap..
Sea Swallow :: Sea swallow () The common tern.
Aglutition :: Aglutition (n.) Inability to swallow.
Politzerization :: Politzerization (n.) The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it..
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A species of willow.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink..
Martin :: Martin (n.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows..
Ingulf :: Ingulf (v. t.) To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf..
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl..
Drink :: Drink (v. t.) To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water..
Pouch :: Pouch (v. t.) To swallow; -- said of fowls.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..
Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
Dysphagy :: Dysphagy (n.) Difficulty in swallowing.
Yawn :: Yawn (v. i.) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings..
Devour :: Devour (v. t.) To seize upon and destroy or appropriate greedily, selfishly, or wantonly; to consume; to swallow up; to use up; to waste; to annihilate..
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..
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