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▪ I. swig, n.1 slang or colloq.|swɪg| Also 6 swyg, 7 swigge. [Origin unknown.] 1. Drink, liquor. ? Obs.
1548Udall Erasm. Par. Luke vi. 74 Hauing been long accustomed to the olde soure swyg of Moses lawe they could not awaie with the muste of euangelical charitie. 1635J. Taylor (Water P.) Old Parr C 2 b, And for his daily swig, Milk, Butter-milk, and Water, Whay, and Whig. b. Applied locally to special drinks: see quots.
1827R. Cook Oxford Night Caps 30 The Wassail Bowl, or Swig, as it is termed at Jesus College in this University. Ibid. note, Swig was formerly almost exclusively confined to Jesus College; it is now, however, a great favourite through⁓out the University. 1841Hartshorne Salopia Ant. 584 Swig, 1. Toast and ale. 2. An act of ‘swigging’; a deep or copious draught of a beverage, esp. of intoxicating liquor; a ‘pull’.
1621–3Middleton & Rowley Changeling iv. ii, But one swig more, sweet madam. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d' Alf. ii. 208 He takes the flagon of wine in his hands, and giues it a good swigge. 1687Renowned Hist. Sir. J. Hawkwood ix. 17 After they had taken several lusty swigs, so that their spirits came (as it were) again. 1726–31Waldron Descr. Isle of Man (1865) 70 After a good hearty swig out of one of the bottles of ale. 1842S. Lover Handy Andy xxxvi, ‘Hand us that whisky’—he put the bottle to his mouth and took a swig. 1849Thackeray Pendennis xxviii, And now for another swig at the beer. 1899R. Whiteing No. 5 John St. xi, I buy a ha'porth of bread, take a swig at a fountain, and tramp the East End parks to kill time. b. Drinking; to play at swig, to indulge in drinking. ? Obs.
1688W. Scot Hist. Fam. Scot (1776) 32 A vitious, odious King [sc. Donald V], he play'd at swig, Whilst he lost Scotland all to Striviling-bridge. 3. Comb., as swig-bowl, swig-day (see quots.).
1832Hone Year Bk. 265 Swig Day, at Cambridge [sic]. 1870G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk., Swig, spiced ale and toast... Swig-bowl, the large bowl—like a punch-bowl—in which swig is served. ▪ II. † swig, n.2 Cards. Obs. [Cf. swig v.1 It is not certain that the quots. refer to the same game. Quot. c 1700 suggests derivation from a form related to OE. swiᵹian, swie, to be silent.] (See quots.)
1598Florio, Trinca, a game at cards called swig or new cut. c1700Kennett in MS. Lansd. 1033 lf. 398 (Hall.) A sort of play at cards in the North, in which all the gamesters are to be silent, is calld swig. ▪ III. swig, n.3 Naut. Also swigg. [Cf. swig v.3] 1. A tackle the falls of which are not parallel.
1807T. Young Lect. Nat. Philos. II. 197/2 A pulley with ropes not parallel is called by seamen a swigg. 1852Burn Naval & Milit. Dict. (1863), Swig, palan. 2. The act of ‘swigging’ at a rope: see swig v.3 3. (In quots., a punning use of swig n.1)
1849H. Melville Redburn I. ix. 94 Every once in a while, the men went into one corner, where the chief mate could not see them, to take a ‘swig at the halyards’, as they called it;..‘to taper off’. 1904Westm. Gaz. 9 July 12/2 Take a swig on those halliards. ▪ IV. † swig, v.1 Cards. Obs. [Cf. swig n.2]
1591Florio 2nd Fruites 69 S. Will you put it to me? A. You bid me to losse. S. Will you swigg? A. Tis the least part of my thought. 1598Florio, Amonte, to swig or deale againe at cards. Ibid., Metter a' monte, to heape vp, to swigge the cardes. 1605Verstegan Dec. Intell. (1634) 232 Swyca. A beguiler, wee aske at Cards if one will swig, that is, whether hee will beguile or bee beguiled. ▪ V. swig, v.2 slang or colloq. Also 8 swigg. [app. f. swig n.1] To drink (esp. intoxicating liquor) in deep draughts; to drink eagerly or copiously. a. trans. (with the vessel, or the drink, as obj.).
1682Wit & Drollery, Tom-a-Bedlam iv. 151 When short I have shorn my Sows face, And swigg'd my Horned Barrel. c1688Roxb. Ball., Jolly Welsh Woman v. (1893) VII. 724 Now while hur had gotten the jugg at her snout,..Hur gave it a tug, 'till hur swigg'd it half out. 1762Bridges Burlesque Trans. Homer (1772) 246 (Farmer) When my landlord..fairly fills it full, I just can swigg it at one-pull. 1837Marryat Snarleyyow ix, You sailors will ever be swigging your can.
1780R. Tomlinson Slang Pastoral 3 With such a companion,..To swig porter all day. 1819Moore Tom Crib App. i. 39 The Hero, that sits there, Swigging Blue Ruin, in that chair. 1838J. Grant Sk. Lond. 62 The oceans of ‘Entire’ which they are everlastingly swigging. 1841Dickens Barn. Rudge xxxi, Beer; of which he swigged such copious draughts that most of his faculties were utterly drowned and washed away. 1854Thackeray Newcomes xxxvi, He swigged off a great bumper as he was making the remark. 1871Ruskin in Collingwood Life (1893) II. 127 ‘I am..drinking as much tea,’—taking his second cup—‘as I can swig.’ b. absol. or intr.
c1654L. Price Dead & Alive ii. v. in Roxb. Ball. (1891) VII. 389 The second time that he set [up] the bottle to his snout, He never left off swigging, till he had suckt all out. a1734North Autobiog. xi. §184 in Lives (1890) III. 143, I went to a dairy-house and swigged of the milk and water. 1792J. Budworth Fortn. Ramble i. 4 He pulled a bottle of chamomile tea out of his pocket, and swigged heartily. 1837Dickens Pickw. xli, Them down-hearted fellers as can't svig avay at the beer. 1838Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. i. St. Nicholas lix, Swigging as though he would empty the Rhine. Hence ˈswigging vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1702Yalden æsop at Court, Fox & Flies iv, I'll brush those Swigging Dogs away, That on thy Blood remorseless Prey. 1723Vanbrugh Let. in Athenæum 6 Sept. (1890) 322/3, I have been drinking waters at Scarborough three or four days, and am to return thither..for a weeks swigging more. 1826W. E. Andrews Crit. Rev. Fox's Bk. Mart. III. 288 They had a swigging bout in prison. 1865E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 268 This would be called in America pretty large swigging for one family. ▪ VI. swig, v.3 [The general sense may be ‘to cause to sway about, pull about, pull’, and relation to swag is probable; but it is not clear that all the senses below belong to the same word.] 1. trans. To castrate (a ram) by tying the scrotum tightly with a string.
1663Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. v. xii. 234 A Servant of mine that deals much in Cattle, and had lately divers Sheep swigg'd (as they call it) after this manner. a1722Lisle Husb. (1757) 315 Swigging, which is girding them hard round the cods, and cutting the cod away close to the string. 2. ? To pull about.
1684Creech Virg. Ecl. iii, The Lambkins swigg the Teat, But find no moisture. 1697Dryden æneid ix. 73 The bleating Lambs Securely swig the Dug, beneath the Dams. 3. Naut. To pull at the bight of a rope which is fast at one end to a fixed object and at the other to a movable one; to pull (a sail, etc.) up in this manner. Also intr., to pull on a rope (see quot. 1961).
1794Rigging & Seamanship I. 176 Swigging off, pulling upon the middle of a tight rope that is made fast at both ends. 1827Examiner 154/1 Taking about a calendar month to swig up her mainsail. 1882Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 57 Swinging or swigging off, that is, pulling at right angles to a taut rope. 1917A. T. Quiller-Couch Mortallone & Aunt Trinidad ix. 77 He had now to hoist sail; which he did very leisurably..swigging on the uphaul till he had it chock-a-block. 1939A. Ransome Secret Water xxi. 250 ‘It's just the wind we want,’ panted Daisy swigging on her halyard. 1961F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 203 Swig, to swig on a rope is to take half a turn with one hand, whilst heaving and taking up the slack with the other. 4. intr. To sway about, waver; to move with a swaying motion.
1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xv, Her long slender wands of masts which used to swig about. 1896Kipling Seven Seas, Rhyme Three Sealers 8 The landward breeze Brings up the harbour noise, And ebb of Yokohama Bay Swigs chattering through the buoys. |