"swig" - meanings, definitions, synonyms, thesaurus and antonyms

\Swig\, v. t. [Cf. D. zwelgen to swallow, E. swallow, v.t.]
1. To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.
   [Colloq.]

2. To suck. [Obs. or Archaic]

         The lambkins swig the teat.           --Creech.

\Swig\, n.
1. A long draught. [Colloq.] --Marryat.

2. (Naut.) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.

3. A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices,
   lemon, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

\Swig\, v. t. [Cf. Prov. E. swig to leak out, AS.
sw[=i]jian to be silent, sw[=i]can to evade, escape.]
1. To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly
   with a string, so that they mortify and slough off. [Prov.
   Eng.]

2. (Naut.) To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of
   the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.