swills

To preserve the fish, salt is immediately thrown upon them in the boats; they are carried to the fish-house in open wicker baskets, called swills, where they are delivered over to a man called a "tower," when they are placed on the salting floor.

A Yacht Voyage Round England William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Once you've absorbed the brewers' jargon, stocked up on the necessary equipment and swallowed a digestible dose of the relevant science, you'll be working with wort, mastering malt, sparging your grains, differentiating stouts from pilsners and pairing your swills with anything from swine to spiced pear tart.

Bits and Bites: News You Can Eat 2011

A muscular black man is on guard, sitting on a wall of sandbags, his M-60 machine gun vertical, standing erect from between his legs as he swills a beer.

The Last Vietnam War Movie James Lloyd Davis 2011

Just next door, the best people-watching vantage point is on the deck terrace of the new La Scena Bar at the Palais St phanie (hotel-palais-stephanie-cannes. com), where "le Tout-Cannes," or everybody who is anybody, swills watermelon or fresh cucumber Mojitos at sunset.

Cannes's Gastronomic Glitz 2010

It's a dimension of baptism vividly captured in the visual and verbal imagery of the Orthodox Church which sees the descent of Jesus into the baptismal water of Jordan as a descent into the chaos, into the unformed reality which swills around just below the surface of the ordinary world.

'The Fellowship of the Baptized' - The John Coventry Memorial address 2010

The vino's pimped by an extensive list (15+ by the glass) focused on biodynamic, sustainable, and organically produced bottles from all over the world, including eclectic swills like a white rioja from Spain's Lopez de Heredia, and a version of their namesake Anfora (aged in earthenware pots) made by Slovenia's Movia, which is stored upside down and opened in water to help remove the plug of yeast.

Thrillist: Anfora: The Dell'anima Guys Go Wine Bar Thrillist 2010

"No," he says, and swills from the bottle of cheap whiskey he had under his car seat.

Hunger: A Prayer 2010

The wicked world of the internet, of course, swills with bile as well as blessedly free information.

Don't make Guido Fawkes a fall guy for Hague's woes. It's just politics 2010

Lyin 'Lisa Caputo on MSNBC also just said that Hillary grew up middle class "and working class," and "just because she went to Wellesley and Yale doesn't mean she swills white wine with the elite."

CNN: Exits Show That Half Of Hillary's Indiana Backers Say They Wouldn't Back Obama Against McCain 2009

My guess is that 99 per cent of the stuff that swills around the blogosphere is certifiable rubbish written by paranoid idiots and that we all, in the deadwood press, have a duty to disbelieve unless we find compelling evidence to the contrary.

Is it more rude to ask if someone’s going whacko than blind? 2009