swillyn.
/ˈswɪli/ dialect.
1. A detached portion of a coal-seam; also, a local thickening of a coal-seam: = swelly n.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > [noun] > stratum or bed > of coal > part of coal seam
symon fault1834
swilly1836
split1877
underply1883
wall-coal1886
1836 T. Thomson Outl. Mineral. ii. 162 These little basins are provincially called swilleys. They seldom exceed a mile or a mile and a half in length, and none of them has been worked.
2. An eddy or whirlpool; also in combination swilly-hole (see quot. 1890).
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > pool as part of
weelc897
poolOE
dub1535
linn1577
potc1650
waterhole1688
plumbc1780
swimming hole1867
black hole1869
water pit1881
swilly-hole1890
swim-hole1924
1890 ‘W. A. Wallace’ Only a Sister 95 I'd sooner lig like an eel in a swilly hole all my days. Note, A swilly hole = a pool at the bend of a stream.
3. ‘A hollow place;..a gutter washed out of the soil’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.).
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] > notch or channel
rut?1611
sluit1818
overflow channel1863
overflow1883
swilly1899
spillway1914
flute1935
1899 Evesham Jrnl. 25 Mar. 7/7 The drainage was what was locally known as discharging into ‘swilleys’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
swillyadj.
rare.
Addicted to swilling or heavy drinking.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective]
bibbling1565
tippling1567
bousing1569
bibbing1594
stiff1594
upsy Dutch1612
bezzling1617
fuddling1654
potulent1656
toping1668
groggy1770
Bacchant1800
three-bottle1806
swilly1824
potatory1834
two-bottle1855
1824 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) 199 Father Crackenthorpe jovial, and stuffy, and swilly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1836adj.1824