† forswallowv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To swallow up, devour utterly.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat voraciously
forswallowOE
gulch?c1225
afretea1350
moucha1350
glop1362
gloup1362
forglut1393
worrya1400
globbec1400
forsling1481
slonk1481
franch1519
gull1530
to eat up1535
to swallow up1535
engorge1541
gulp1542
ramp1542
slosh1548
raven1557
slop1575
yolp1579
devour1586
to throw oneself on1592
paunch1599
tire1599
glut1600
batten1604
frample1606
gobbet1607
to make a (also one's) meal on (also upon)a1616
to make a (also one's) meal of1622
gorge1631
demolish1639
gourmanda1657
guttle1685
to gawp up1728
nyam1790
gamp1805
slummock1808
annihilate1815
gollop1823
punish1825
engulf1829
hog1836
scoff1846
brosier1850
to pack away1855
wolf1861
locust1868
wallop1892
guts1934
murder1935
woof1943
pelicana1953
pig1979
OE Beowulf 2080 Grendel..leofes mannes lic eall forswealg.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 123 Þenne bið he gredi..and forswolegeð þene hoc forð mid þan ese.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 36 Þe caue deouel..forswolheð [a1250 Nero uorswoluweð] al þe god þet ha istreonet habbeð.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 67 Onleak þe erþe and uorzualȝ datan and abyron.
c1400 Solomon's Bk. Wisdom 259 Sone hadden þe Lyouns forswelewed hem vchone.
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