SWINGLING
SWIN'GLING, participle present tense Beating and cleaning, as flax.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SWINGLING-KNIFE
SWIN'GLING-KNIFESWIN'GLE, noun A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for cleaning flax of the shives.
SWINGLING-TOW
SWIN'GLING-TOW, noun The coarse part of flax, separated from the finer by swingling and hatcheling.SWING'-TREE,, noun [swing and tree.] The bar of a carriage to which the traces...
SWINISH
SWI'NISH, adjective [from swine.] Befitting swine; like swine; gross; hoggish; brutal; as a swinish drunkard or sot; swinish gluttony.
SWINK
SWINK, verb intransitive To labor; to toil; to drudge.SWINK, verb transitive To overlabor.SWINK, noun Labor; toil; drudgery.
SWINKER
SWINK'ER, noun A laborer; a plowman.
SWIPE
SWIPE, noun A swape or sweep, which see.
SWIPPER
SWIP'PER, adjective Nimble; quick. [Not in use.]
SWISS
SWISS, noun A native of Switzerland or Swisserland.1. The language of Swisserland.
SWITCH
SWITCH, noun A small flexible twig or rod.On the medal, Mauritania leads a horse by a thread with one hand, and in the other holds a switchSWITCH, verb transitive To strike with...
SWIVEL
SWIVEL, noun swiv'l.1. A ring which turns upon a staple; or a strong link of iron used in mooring ships, and which permits the bridles to be turned round; any ring or staple tha...
SWIVEL-HOOK
SWIV'EL-HOOK, noun A hook that turns in the end of an iron block strap, for the ready taking the turns out of a tackle.
SWOB
SWOB, noun A mop. [See Swab.]SWOB, verb transitive To clean or wipe with a swob [See Swab.]
SWOBBER
SWOB'BER, noun One who swabs or cleans with a mop. [See Swabber.]1. Swobbers, four privileged cards, only used incidentally in betting at the game of whist.
SWOLLEN
SWOLLENSWOLN, participle passive of swell; irregular and obsolescent. The regular participle, swelled, is to be preferred.
SWOLN
SWOLN, pp. of swell; irregular and obsolescent. The regular participle, swelled, is to be preferred.
SWOM
SWOM, old preterit tense of swim, is obsolete. We now use swum and swam.
SWOON
SWOON, verb intransitive To faint; to sink into a fainting fit, in which there is a suspension of the apparent vital functions and mental powers.The most in years swoon'd first ...
SWOONING
SWOON'ING, participle present tense Fainting away.SWOON'ING, noun The act of fainting; syncope.
SWOOP
SWOOP, verb transitive [This is probably from sweep, or the same root.]1. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing; as, a hawk swoops a chicken; a kite swoops up...
SWOP
SWOP, verb transitive To exchange; to barter; to give one commodity for another. [See Swap. This is a common word, but not in elegant use.]
SWORD
SWORD, noun1. An offensive weapon worn at the side, and used by hand either for thrusting or cutting.2. Figuratively, destruction by war.I will bring a sword upon you. Leviticus...
SWORD-BEARER
SWORD-BEARER, noun [sword and bear.] An officer in the city of London, who carries a sword as an emblem of justice before the lord mayor when he goes abroad.
SWORD-BELT
SWORD-BELT, noun [sword and belt.] A belt by which a sword is suspended and borne by the side.
SWORD-BLADE
SWORD-BLADE, noun [sword and blade.] The blade or cutting part of a sword.
SWORD-FIGHT
SWORD-FIGHT, noun [sword and fight.] Fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords.
SWORD-FISH
SWORD-FISH, noun [sword and fish.] A genus of fishes called in ichthyology, xiphias; so named from the nose, snout or upper jaw, which is shaped like a sword.