Dictionary entry

Swallow (4)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.