Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SWILL, v.t. [Sax. swelgan, swylgan, to swallow.]

1. To drink grossly or greedily; as, to swill down great quantities of liquors. – Arbuthnot.
2. To wash; to drench. – Shak.
3. To inebriate; to swell with fullness. I should be loth / To meet the rudeness and swill'd insolence / Of such late wassailers. – Milton.