Swal″low, n. 1. The act of swallowing.
2. The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.
3. Taste; relish; inclination; liking.
I have no swallow for it. Massinger.
4. Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
There being nothing too gross for the swallow of political rancor. Prof. Wilson.
5. As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.
6. That which ingulfs; a whirlpool. Fabyan.