swallowed, ppl. a.
(ˈswɒləʊd)
[f. as prec. + -ed1.]
In senses corresponding to those of the verb (lit. and fig.).
| c 1600 Shakes. Sonn. cxxix, Past reason hated as a swollowed bayt. 1667 Phil. Trans. II. 535 The dexterity of disengaging himself from the swallowed hook. 1822–7 Good Study Med. (1829) I. 120 The swallowed morsel is carried forward into the stomach. 1887 Pall Mall G. 23 Nov. 4/2 Why should one more dose of swallowed principles disagree with him? 1899 Meredith Poems, Night-Walk 42 The posts that named the swallowed mile. |