swig
IPA: swˈɪg
noun
- (obsolete) Drink, liquor.
- (by extension) A long draught from a drink.
- (obsolete) A person who drinks deeply.
- (nautical) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
- Warm beer flavoured with spices, lemon, etc.
verb
- To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
- (obsolete) To suck.
- (nautical) To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line.
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