dial. [Echoic.] intr. To splash or dash about, as liquid. So Swilker v. dial.
1674. Ray, N. C. Words, To Swilker ore: to dash over.
1853. Anna M. Howitt, Art Student in Munich, 198. The water dashed over the little raft, swilkering between the mighty stems.
1865. Waugh, Lanc. Songs, 46. Th’ owd lad he’s fairly made ’em swilk.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., To Swilker, a provincialism for splashing about.
