What is to castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off. [Prov. Eng.] called?
swig — To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off. [Prov. Eng.]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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