Definition of swallow

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Swallow (n.) Capacity for swallowing; voracity.

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Wind-sucking :: Wind-sucking (n.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4..
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions..
Guzzle :: Guzzle (v. t.) To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer..
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..
Engulf :: Engulf (v. t.) To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine..
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) A species of willow.
Dysphagy :: Dysphagy (n.) Difficulty in swallowing.
Gulch :: Gulch (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (n.) A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing..
Gobbet :: Gobbet (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
Yawn :: Yawn (v. i.) To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning; as, to yawn for fat livings..
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..
Ingurgitate :: Ingurgitate (v. t.) To swallow up, as in a gulf..
Drink :: Drink (v. t.) To swallow (a liquid); to receive, as a fluid, into the stomach; to imbibe; as, to drink milk or water..
Fissirostral :: Fissirostral (a.) Having the bill cleft beyond the horny part, as in the case of swallows and goatsuckers..
Turnus :: Turnus (n.) A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, / Jasoniades, glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail..
Swallowtail :: Swallowfish (n.) The European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has large pectoral fins.
Introsume :: Introsume (v. t.) To draw in; to swallow.
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