Swig

v. t. & i. [A-S. swilgan, swelgan, to swallow, devour. See SWILL and SWALLOW.] To drink by large draughts; to suck greedily. [Colloq. and vulgar.] The bleating rams Securely swig the dug beneath the dams. Dryden.

n. 1. A large draught. [Colloq. and vulgar.] 2. (Naut.) A pulley with ropes which are not parallel.

v. t. [Cf. Prov. Eng. swig, to leak out, A-S. swigan, to be silent, Ger. schweigen, to be silent, to silence.] To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tight with a string, so that they mortify and slough off. [Local.]