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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A long draught. [Colloq.] Marryat.

2. A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off. [Prov. Eng.]

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

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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