Swig
- v. t. To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.
- v. t. To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.
- v. t. To suck.
- n. A long draught.
- n. A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
- n. A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc.
- v. t. To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off.
The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.