Definition of swallow

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

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Gobbet :: Gobbet (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
Priestcap :: Priestcap (n.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail..
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..
Guzzle :: Guzzle (v. i.) To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.
Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.
Martin :: Martin (n.) One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows..
Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..
Glut :: Glut (n.) That which is swallowed.
Absorbable :: Absorbable (a.) Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
Swallowfish :: Swallower (n.) One who swallows; also, a glutton..
Gorge :: Gorge (n.) To swallow; especially, to swallow with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities..
Swallow :: Swallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swallo.
Swallowwort :: Swallowwort (n.) See Celandine.
Swam :: Swallowwort (n.) A poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called white swallowwort..
Witchuck :: Witchuck (n.) The sand martin, or bank swallow..
Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.
Swallowwort :: Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
Gulp :: Gulp (n.) The act of taking a large mouthful; a swallow, or as much as is awallowed at once..
Latirostres :: Latirostres (n. pl.) The broad-billed singing birds, such as the swallows, and their allies..
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