v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Swilled p. pr. & vb. n. Swilling. ] [ OE. swilen to wash, AS. swilian. ] 1. To wash; to drench. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swilled with the wild and wasteful ocean. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Properly, to drink like a pig. See Swill, n. ] To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily. [ 1913 Webster ]

Well-dressed people, of both sexes, . . . devouring sliced beef, and swilling pork, and punch, and cider. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To inebriate; to fill with drink. [ 1913 Webster ]

I should be loth
To meet the rudeness and swilled insolence
Of such late wassailers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who swills. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Swill, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]