swallow 
ii, < AS. .tii-fli/iiii (jirct. xiniilli. pp. 
ii) t a Is. i dcriv. mrnliji //;). s wallow, = OS. 
(fiif-)xirHiinn = MI), mtlge*, 1). :in-lyen = 
MM), mi-i'/i/i-i, = ( IIKi. siri/i/ini, sircUihtoi, M 1 1C. 
swcl,/in. nirt-lhi-ii, (i. xcliirt'li/i-ti = Iri-l. urelt/jd 
(also deriv. sroli/rn) = Sw. xriiljti I);in. .wv/Yi/' 1 
= Goth, "siril'linn (not rei-ordrd). swallow. 
Hence //', ., and nil. the second ele- 
ment of t/riiitndxrtt.] I. frvnix. 1. To take into 
the Mtoiiiiicli through the throat, as food or 
drink; receive through the organs of degluti- 
tion; take into the body through the mouth. 
To the Scribes and Pharisees woe was dcnounc'd by our 
BntoOI for straining at a I'lnutt and swallowing a Camel. 
Jftlton, Elkonoklastes, U. 
Occasionally, In trance, the patient, though insensible, 
HHHM morsels put Into his mouth. 
//. Spencer, Prin. of Soclol., $ 84. 
2. Hence, in figurative use, to draw or take in, 
in anyway; absorb; appropriate; exhaust; con- 
sume; engulf: usually followed by up. 
Faith, hope, and love be three sisters ; they never can 
depart in this world, though in the world to come love 
shall su-allow up the other two. 
Tyndalc, Ans. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), p. 95. 
The first thing is the tender compassion of (3od respect- 
ing us drowned and *ir<///"*/v./ n t , j n niistTy. 
Hooker, Eccles. Polity, 1. 11. 
The earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up. 
Num. xvl. 32. 
The necessary provision of \ilencallmn the greatest part 
of their time. Locke. 
In upper Egypt there were formerly twenty-four prov- 
luces, but many of them are now stvallow'd up by Arab 
Sheiks, so that on the west side I could hear of none hut 
(Urge, I'.snv, and Manfalouth. 
Pococke, Description of the East, I. 162. 
Specifically 3. To take into the mind readily 
or credulously; receive or embrace, as opinions 
or belief, without examination or scruple ; re- 
ceive implicitly; drink in: sometimes with down. 
I saw a smith stand . . . 
With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news. 
Shot., K. John, iv. 2. 195. 
Here men are forced, at a venture, to he of the religion 
of the country, and must therefore swallow down opinions, 
as silly people do empiric pills, without knowing what 
they are made of. Locke, Human Understanding, IV. xx 4. 
4. To put up with ; bear ; take patiently : as, 
to swallow an affront. 
The mother (not able to ncallow her shame and grlefe) 
cast herselfe into the lake to bee swallowed of the water, 
butthere, by a new Metamorphosis, was tunied IntoaFlsh, 
and hallowed for a Ooddesse. Punhas, Pilgrimage, p. 92. 
Will not the proposal of so excellent a reward make us 
swallow some more than ordinary hardships that we might 
enjoy it? StUKngJIeet, Sermons, I. II. 
5. To retract; recant. 
Tsab. Did Angelo so leave her? 
Dvlce. Left her in her tears ; . . . swallowed his vows 
whole, pretending In her discoveries of dishonour. 
Shale., M. for M., 11L 1. 235. 
= Syn. 1-3. Engross, Engulf, etc. See absorb. 
U. intrans. To perform the act of swallow- 
ing: accomplish deglutition. 
swallow 1 (swol'6), . [Early mod. E. also 
swalow, swolow ; < ME. swalowe, swolwe, swelowe, 
sieeloghe, swoloug, swolug, swolg, sicalgh = LG. 
swalg, G. schwalg = Icel. svelgr = Sw. svalg = 
Dan. svselg, the gullet, a gulf, whirlpool ; from 
the verb: see swallow 1 , v. In the later senses 
the noun is from the mod. verb.] 1. The cav- 
ity of the throat and gullet, or passage through 
which food and drink pass ; the fauces, pharynx, 
and gullet or esophagus leading from the mouth 
to the stomach ; especially, the organs of deglu- 
tition collectively. 
Swyftely swenged hym to swepe & his iwolg opened. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), 111. 250. 
The swallow of my conscience 
Hath but a narrow passage. 
Miii'lli'iiin. Game at Chess, iv. 2. 
No tale was too gross or monstrous for his capacious 
swallow. Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 424. 
2. A yawning gulf; an abyss; a whirlpool. 
This Eneas is come to paradys 
Out of the swolow of hellu. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1104. 
The thlrde he caste ... In a swalowe of y see called 
Mare Adriatlcum. Fabyan, Chron., Ixlx. 
3. A deep hollow in the ground; a pit. 4. 
The space in a block between the groove of 
the sheave and the shell, through which the 
rope reeves. 5. A funnel-shaped cavity oc- 
curring not uncommonly in limestone regions, 
and especially in the chalk districts of France 
and England. Also called swallow-hole or sink- 
hole. See sink-hole. 6. The act of swallowing. 
Attend to the difference between a civilized nrottotcand 
a barbarous bolt. Nodes Ambrosiaiue, Dec., 1834. 
7. That which is swallowed; as much as is 
swallowed at once; a mouthful. 
383 
6097 
A swattow or two of hot milk sometimes aids In cough- 
ing up tenacious mucus. 
Buck Handbook of Ned. Sciences, V. 4. 
8. Taste; relish; liking; inclination: as, " I 
have no mnillnir fur it," Max*iiji'r, Q. A 
swallower; a fish that inflates its. -If l>y swal- 
lowing air; a puffer or swell-fish. 
SWalloW- (swol'6), ii. [< .MK. Kiriilnirr. >/.. 
mcalu, swalo, < AS. stcalewe = MD. siralinn, 
irnlckr, L>. :iralnw = MLG. swale, swalike = 
Dili;, virntairu, Mild, swalwe, <. /<-<///>, = 
Icel. Hw. grata = l)an.vrafc = Goth.**ir/ir<i (not 
recorded), a swallow; orig. Teut. *swal</u"n. 
perhaps = Gr. a/jivuv (written also C&KVUV, and 
swallow-shrike 
more or less furnished with soft materials by the birds : 
formerly no species, now six of the seven species (all L-X- 
rifling the hank-swallow); (4) nests elaliorately con- 
structed by the birds, plastered lo natural or artificial 
surfaces, and loosely furnished with soft material* MM- 
cliff-swallow and the barn-swallow, especially the former. 
The eggs of the swallows likewise differ more than Is usual 
in the same family, some being pure-white, others pro- 
fusely spotted. Among s|-c|i-s In the United States, two, 
the barn swallow and the cliff-swallow, lay spotted rggi; 
tli' >< r live, whole colored egg*. This difference Is in- 
terestlng, taken In connection with themudeof breeding, 
since It is the general rule with birds that hole-breeder* 
, and that nest-builders, especially these 
hive-not, Progne, rough-winaed, and thret-tailed. 
nii.ii, HUT*. i ifirt, M f UJ/IKT, i "n,'/*(-(( iMt/rii, IIU (/l/re-KIUCU. 
erroneously associated with a/f, sea), a king- 2. Some bird likened to or mistaken for a 
fisher: see halcyon.] 1. A fissirostral oscino swallow. Thus, the swifts, Cypotlid*, belonging to * 
passerine bird with nine primaries ; any mem- different order of birds, are commonly miscalled twattmn, 
her of the family llh-n,,il, ,<!,;. of which there "VJ 1 ? chimney-swallow of the United States. Chxtura 
are numerous genera and about 100 species, ' 
found in all parts of the world. The leading 
species of swallows are the barn-swallows of the genus 
fliruiulo, with long deeply forked tail having flu- lainal 
feathers elongated and linear toward their ends, and 
. The so-called edible 
swallows' nests are built by swifts ut the genus CoUocalia. 
See CoUocalia (with cut) and twin 1 , n., 4. 
3. A breed of domestic pigeons with short 
legs, squat form, white body, colored wings, 
and shell-crest. Numerous color-varieties are 
noted. The birds sometimes called fairies are 
usually classed as swallows. 4. The stormy 
petrel. Also sea-swallow. [Prov. Eng.] 
with lustrous steel-blue plumage on the upper part*, and 
more or less rufous plumage below. The common bird 
of Europe Is 11. rustica ; that of America is //. erythn- 
gastra. They are called tanMMBoM* because they usu- 
ally build their nests of straw and mud on the rafters of ii _ vi i\ * r's ii 
barns. The house-swallow or martin of Europe Is Cheli- SWallOWable (swol o-a-bl), a. [< swallow^ + 
don urbica, of a genus not represented In America. The -able.] Capable of being swallowed; hence, 
purple martin of North America is a very large swallow, 
Progne subis or P. purpurea, the male of which Is en- 
tirely lustrous steel-blue ; several similar species of the 
same genus inhabit other parts of America. The most 
widely diffused species of the family is the bank-swallow 
or sand martin, Cliricola or Cutile riparia, common to 
both hemispheres, of a mouse-gray and white coloration 
without luster, breeding in holes in banki 
are several species of the genus Pttroci 
, . 
forms of the genera Psalidoprocne and Slelgidopteryx, 
" .' & ?*?7*f' < ' f the United States, having the outer 
eb of the first primary serrate with a series of recurved 
capable of being believed; credible. [Hare.] 
The reader who for the first time meet* with an anec- 
dote In its hundredth edition, and it* most mitigated 
and ncaUowable form, may very naturally receive it in 
simple good faith. 
Mnitlnnil, Reformation, p. 815. (Davies.) 
swallow-chatterert (swol'6-chat'er-er), n. A 
various parts' of the world." That" of ; the'United'sta'tes "i* waxwing; a bird of the genus Bombycilla, or 
P. lun(frons, also called republican swallow, mud-swallow, restricted genus Ampelis. See cut under WHJC- 
AnAeaws-swallow. Thesebuildnestsalmostentirelyof pel- winq Swainson 
lets of mud stuck together In masses on the sides of cliffs, cra,.a.il AW Haw Cswnl'n rial Trio lith f An*il 
under eaves, etc. Rough-winged swallows are several SWailOW-aav ( hWOl o-Oa), . Ine loth of April. 
Halliicell. [Prov. Eng.] 
swallower (swol'o-er), n. [< swallow* + -eri.] 
,r.f^, ' One who or that which swallows; specifically, 
It is ofjiull-graylsh.coloratlon, resembling the ft voracious figh) more fu]1 y caUe ' d ggj ma f. 
lower. See Chiasmodon (with cut). 
I hare often considered these different people with very 
great attention, and always speak of them with the dis- 
tinction of the Eaters and Swallowers. 
Taller, No. 205. (Latham.) 
swallow-fish (sword-fish), n. The sapphirine 
gurnard, Trigla hirundo; the red-tub. 
swallow-flycatcher (swol'6-fli'kach-er), w. 
Same as wallow-shrike. Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 38. 
swallow-hawk (swol'6-hak), n. The swallow- 
tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus, formerly Nau- 
elerus furcatus : so called from its shape and 
mode of flight. See cut under Elanoides. 
swallow-hole (swol'6-hol), . Same as swal- 
low 1 , 5, and sink-hole. 
Sometimes a district of limestone Is drilled with verti- 
cal cavities (swallow-holes or sinks). 
A. Qeikie, Encyc. Brit, X. 271. 
, 
bank-swallow. The white-bellied swallow of the United 
States is Tachyci- 
neta or Iridoprocne 
bicolor, of a lus- 
trous greenish- 
black above and 
snowy-white be- 
low. A still more 
beautiful related 
species is the vio- 
let-green swallow 
of western North 
America, Tachyci- 
neta thalassina. 
The Bahaman swal- 
low, Callichelidon 
cyaneiviridis. Is a 
beautiful swallow 
resembling the vio- 
let-green, with 
sheeny upper parts 
and white under 
parts, belonging to 
the Hahamas and rarely found in Florida. 
White beltitd Swallow ( Tackyc intta 
ttcolor). 
mainly insectivorous birds (though some of them eat her- Swallowing (swol o-ing), M. 
ries also), and usually capture their prey on the wing with 
ent address. Their wings are long, pointed, and narrow- 
i. [< ME. swoliryng, 
etc.; verbal n. of stoattowl, v.] I. The act of 
. . e--.-, B , j,v.u^, , IJMIV , W - deglutition; the reception, as of food, into 
^^SW.T^.S^^SSSSS&lS,? the 8 * omach t^ugh tne fauces pharynx, and 
progression, but chiefly for perching and clinging. The esophagus. 2f. A yawning gulf ; a whirlpool: 
song Is a varied and voluble twittering, but the Amer- same as swallow*, 2. 
' 6-par), n. See peat 
gullet. 
Each species has Its regular time of appearing In the 
spring, which may be predicted with much confidence ; 
It is, however, to some extent dependent upon the weather, 
or the general advancement or retardation of the opening 
of the season. In the autumn swallows are often gov- SWallpW-plOVer (swol'6-pluv'er), M. A gral- 
helr latorial bird of the family Glareolid* 
Each paunch with guttling was so swelled. 
Not one bit more could pass your swallow-pipe. 
Wolcot (Peter Pindar), Works, p. 147. (Danes.) 
erned in leaving the 
cold weather, and they 
are thus to some extent 
[y Glareolidte, related 
to the plovers, and having a forked tail like 
that of a swallow ; a pratincole. See cut un- 
der Glareola. 
A roller of 
more _ 
usually the case among 
birds so Intimately re- 
lated in other habiU and 
in structure; and swal- 
lows also show, to an ex- 
tent unequaled by other 
birds, a readiness to mod- 
ify their primitive nest- 
ing-habits in populous 
regions. Thus, the nldi- 
flcation of the seven spe- 
cies of swallows which 
are common in the Unit- 
ed States shows four 
distinct categories: (1) 
holes in the ground, dug 
by the birds, slightly furnished with soft materials : bank- 
swallow, rough-winged swallow; (2) holes In trees or 
rocks, not made by the birds, fairly funiished with soft 
materials : white-bellied and violet-green swallows and 
purple martin ; (.1) holes or their equivalents, not made 
by the birds, but secured through human agency, and 
weather-prophets. Their swallow-roller (swol'6-ro'ler), n. 
m0de8 va riabTe 8t th 8 an' > U the familv Cora- 
cttaie and genus 
Eurystomus. See 
cut under EH- 
Nestof a Swallow. 
rystomus. 
swallow-shrike 
(swol'6-shrik), 
w. Any bird of 
the family Ar- 
tamidte; a wood- 
swallow, as the 
Indian toddy- 
bird, ArtamuK 
fuscus, or the 
rare A. insignia 
of New Britain 
and New Ire- 
land. The name 
mayhavebeen given 
Swallow-shrike 
