ppl. a. Also 8 swilled. See also SWOLED. [f. SWEAL v. + -ED1.] Scorched, singed; (of a sheep) roasted whole in the skin.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 149/30. Fomes, ʓeswælud spoon, uel tynder.

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1674.  Ray, S. E. C. Words, s.v. Sweale, A sweal’d pig, a singed pig.

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1732.  Mrs. Delany, Life & Corr. (1861), I. 365. A ‘swilled mouton,’ that is a sheep roasted whole in its skin, scorched like a hog.

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1863.  W. Barnes, Dorset Gloss., s.v. Zweal, He is lik’ a swealed cat; better than he do look vor.

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