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Definition of Swillings
1. n. pl. See Swill,
Definition of Swillings
1. swilling [n] - See also: swilling
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swillings
Literary usage of Swillings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Hogwash, swillings. 2. Be borne along (as on water; by л current)t float with
the tide. 3. Propel one's self through the water, buffet the waves. 4. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"Hogwash, swillings. 2. Be borne along (AT ом water, Ьу л current), float with
the tide. 3. Propel one's self through the water, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"Growing turf set on fire for manuring the land. Devon. Swillings. Hog's-wash.
... a tub for swillings. Var. dial. ..."
4. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1858)
"... from the housewife her draff, swillings, whey, washing of tubs, and such like,
with which he will live and keep a good state of body very sufficiently; ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... or schweben are then used in the sense of moving to and fro like water, Da.
skylit, to rinse, wash ; skyllevand, dishwash, swillings ..."
6. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Hogwash, swillings. 2. Be borne along (as on water; by л current)t float with
the tide. 3. Propel one's self through the water, buffet the waves. 4. ..."
7. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"Hogwash, swillings. 2. Be borne along (AT ом water, Ьу л current), float with
the tide. 3. Propel one's self through the water, ..."
8. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"Growing turf set on fire for manuring the land. Devon. Swillings. Hog's-wash.
... a tub for swillings. Var. dial. ..."
9. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1858)
"... from the housewife her draff, swillings, whey, washing of tubs, and such like,
with which he will live and keep a good state of body very sufficiently; ..."
10. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... or schweben are then used in the sense of moving to and fro like water, Da.
skylit, to rinse, wash ; skyllevand, dishwash, swillings ..."
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