Definition of swallow

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Swallow (n.) As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water..

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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..
Drink :: Drink (v. i.) To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring..
Regurgitation :: Regurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.
Swept :: Swelve (v. t.) To swallow.
Swallowtail :: Swallowtail (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap..
Gobbet :: Gobbet (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.
Flapdragon :: Flapdragon (v. t.) To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour..
Bank Swallow :: Bank swallow () See under 1st Bank, n..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
Capsule :: Capsule (n.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.
Englut :: Englut (v. t.) To swallow or gulp down.
Progne :: Progne (n.) A swallow.
Twitter :: Twitter (n.) The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow..
Gulch :: Gulch (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
Musang :: Musang (n.) A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat..
Swallowfish :: Swallower (n.) One who swallows; also, a glutton..
Vincetoxin :: Vincetoxin (n.) A glucoside extracted from the root of the white swallowwort (Vincetoxicum officinale, a plant of the Asclepias family) as a bitter yellow amorphous substance; -- called also asclepiadin, and cynanchin..
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..
Regorge :: Regorge (v. t.) To swallow again; to swallow back.
Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
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