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

Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A swallow-tailed coat.

Republican :: Republican (n.) The American cliff swallow. The cliff swallows build their nests side by side, many together..

Guttle :: Guttle (n.) To put into the gut; to swallow greedily; to gorge; to gormandize. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

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..

Suck :: Suck (v. t.) To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up..

Celandine :: Celandine (n.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jaundice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort..

Masticate :: Masticate (v. t.) To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food..

Swallow-tailed :: Swallowtail (n.) Any one of numerous species of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long lobe..

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..

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..

Voracious :: Voracious (a.) Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool..

Ruminant :: Ruminant (a.) Chewing the cud; characterized by chewing again what has been swallowed; of or pertaining to the Ruminantia.

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

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

Engulfment :: Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.

Swallowing :: Swallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Swallo.

Gobble :: Gobble (v. t.) To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.

Swallow-tailed :: Swallow-tailed (a.) Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat..

Resorbent :: Resorbent (a.) Swallowing up.

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