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swattle, v. north. dial.|ˈswæt(ə)l|
[f. the same root as swatter v. + frequent. suffix -le. Cf. G. dial. schwatteln to splash, etc.]
1. intr. To make a splashing or spluttering noise in or with water. (Cf. swatter v. 1.)
1671Depos. Cast. York (Surtees) 186 That she carryed him downe and threw him in the becke, and that he swattled after he came in the becke. c1700Kennett MS. Lansd. 1033, Swattle, to drink as ducks doe water.
b. intr. and refl. To tipple or guzzle drink.
1785Bran New Wark (E.D.S.) 460 He can be naa nebbour at dow, that tipples and swattles, and idles fra morning to neet. c1826Hogg in J. Wilson's Wks. (1855) I. 224 Some wouldna gie misery a dram Though they swattle themselves till they spew.
2. = swatter v. 2.
1681H. More Expos. Dan. Pref. 93 By making them swattle away their love and zeal upon false objects. 1691Ray N.C. Words, To Swattle away, to waste. 1876Mid-Yorks. Gloss. s.v., Till thou'd swattled it clean away, bit by bit. |