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imp. & p. p.
of Swallow
n.
Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Swallow
v. t.
To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.
n.
A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio, / Jasoniades, glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail. See Illust. under Swallowtail.
n.
A glucoside extracted from the root of the white swallowwort (Vincetoxicum officinale, a plant of the Asclepias family) as a bitter yellow amorphous substance; -- called also asclepiadin, and cynanchin.
n.
As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.
v. t.
To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.
v. t.
To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.
n.
A swallow-tailed coat.
a.
Greedy in eating; very hungry; eager to devour or swallow; ravenous; gluttonous; edacious; rapacious; as, a voracious man or appetite; a voracious gulf or whirlpool.
v. i.
To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.
n.
The act of swallowing.
n.
A poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called white swallowwort.
n.
A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in large numbers produces trichinosis.
n.
Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.
a.
Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat.
n.
One who swallows; also, a glutton.
n.
The esculent swallow. See under Esculent.
n.
The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow.
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