Definition of "swig"
verb:
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To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
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To take up the last bit of slack in rigging by taking a single turn around a cleat, then hauling on the line above and below the cleat while keeping tension on the line (also: sweating).
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