Swink, v. t. 1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.
And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. Milton.
2. To acquire by labor. Piers Plowman.
To devour all that others swink. Chaucer.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.