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\Guz"zle\ (g[u^]z"z'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Guzzled}, p.
pr. & vb. n. {Guzzling}.] [OP. gosillier, prob. orig., to
pass through the throat; akin to F. gosier throat; cf. It.
gozzo a bird's crop.]
To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently.
Those that came to guzzle in his wine cellar. --Milton.
Well-seasoned bowls the gossip's spirits raise, Who,
while she guzzles, chats the doctor's praise.
--Roscommon.
To fat the guzzling hogs with floods of whey. --Gay.
\Guz"zle\, v. t. To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer. --Dryden.
\Guz"zle\, n.
An insatiable thing or person.
That sink of filth, that guzzle most impure. --Marston.
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