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Definition of Swills
1. swill [v] - See also: swill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swills
Literary usage of Swills
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"He s. and swills, and 5. again /. If. ii. 305 Stumbling. As, after s., Jades will
mend their pace EC 603 Stung. And no man wonders he's not s. by Pug S. L ..."
2. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"1243, is an end view of the silk throwing machine, or engine, in which the two
large hexagonal reels, called swills, are 1243 Been in section, ..."
3. Deep-sea Fishing and Fishing Boats: An Account of the Practical Working of by Edmund William Hunt Holdsworth (1874)
"... Fish market — Landing fish on the beach — " swills " — Mode of counting
herrings — A " last" of fish — Curing red herrings and bloaters — Smoking, ..."
4. Euripides the rationalist: a study in the history of art and religion by Arthur Woollgar Verrall (1895)
"The ivy-cup uplifts he in his hands, And swills the darkling mother's fiery blood,
Till the wine's flame enwrapped him, heating him. ..."
5. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"He s. and swills, and 5. again /. If. ii. 305 Stumbling. As, after s., Jades will
mend their pace EC 603 Stung. And no man wonders he's not s. by Pug S. L ..."
6. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"1243, is an end view of the silk throwing machine, or engine, in which the two
large hexagonal reels, called swills, are 1243 Been in section, ..."
7. Deep-sea Fishing and Fishing Boats: An Account of the Practical Working of by Edmund William Hunt Holdsworth (1874)
"... Fish market — Landing fish on the beach — " swills " — Mode of counting
herrings — A " last" of fish — Curing red herrings and bloaters — Smoking, ..."
8. Euripides the rationalist: a study in the history of art and religion by Arthur Woollgar Verrall (1895)
"The ivy-cup uplifts he in his hands, And swills the darkling mother's fiery blood,
Till the wine's flame enwrapped him, heating him. ..."
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