Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Swimming

Swim″ming (?), a. 1. That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.2. Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.Swimm...

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Swimming (2)

Swim″ming, n. The act of one who swims.

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Swimming (3)

Swim″ming, a. [From Swim to be dizzy.] Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain.

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Swimming (4)

Swim″ming, n. Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head. Dryden.

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Swimmingly

Swim″ming‐ly, adv. In an easy, gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly; successfully; prosperously.

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Swimmingness

Swim″ming‐ness, n. Act or state of swimming; suffusion. “A swimmingness in the eye.” Congreve.

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Swinck

Swinck (?), v. & n. See Swink.

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Swindle

Swin″dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Swindled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Swindling (?).] [See Swindler.] To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of ...

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Swindle (2)

Swin″dle, n. The act or process of swindling; a cheat.

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Swindler

Swin″dler (?), n. [G. schwindler, fr. schwindlen to be dizzy, to act thoughtlessly, to cheat, fr. schwindel dizziness, fr. schwinden to vanish, to disappear, to dwindle. See Swi...

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Swindlery

Swin″dler‐y (?), n. Swindling; rougery. “Swindlery and blackguardism.” Carlyle.

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Swine

Swine (?), n. sing. & pl. [OE. swin, AS. swīn; akin to OFries. & OS. swin, D. zwijn, G. schwein, OHG. swīn, Icel. svīn, Sw. svin, Dan. sviin, Goth. swein; originally a diminutiv...

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Swine-pox

Swine″–pox′ (?), n.(Med.) A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox. Pepys.

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Swinebread

Swine″bread′ (?), n.(Bot.) The truffle.

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Swinecase

Swine″case′ (?), n. A hogsty.

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Swinecote

Swine″cote′ (?), n. A hogsty.

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Swinecrue

Swine″crue′ (?), n. [Swine + Prov. E. crue a coop.] A hogsty.

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Swinefish

Swine″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The wolf fish.

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Swineherd

Swine″herd′ (?), n. A keeper of swine.

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Swinepipe

Swine″pipe′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The European redwing.

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Swinery

Swin″er‐y (swīn″ẽr‐y̆), n. Same as Piggery.

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Swinestone

Swine″stone′ (?), n.(Min.) See Stinkstone.

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Swinesty

Swine″sty′ (?), n. A sty, or pen, for swine.

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Swing

Swing (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Swung (?); Archaic imp.Swang (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Swinging.] [OE. swingen, AS. swingan to scourge, to fly, to flutter; akin to G. schwingen to winno...

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Swing (2)

Swing, v. t. 1. To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.He swings his tail, and swiftly turns his round. Dryden.They g...

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Swing (3)

Swing (?), n. 1. The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.2. Swaying motion from ...

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Swingdevil

Swing″dev′il (?), n.(Zoöl.) The European swift.