Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 209

Swinesty (n.) A sty, or pen, for swine.

Swung (imp. & p. p.) of Swing

Swang (Archaic imp.) of Swing

Swinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swing

Swing (v. i.) To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

Swing (v. i.) To sway or move from one side or direction to another; as, the door swung open.

Swing (v. i.) To use a swing; as, a boy swings for exercise or pleasure. See Swing, n., 3.

Swing (n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide.

Swing (n.) To be hanged.

Swing (v. t.) To cause to swing or vibrate; to cause to move backward and forward, or from one side to the other.

Swing (v. t.) To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business.

Swing (v. t.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter.

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

Swing (n.) Swaying motion from one side or direction to the other; as, some men walk with a swing.

Swing (n.) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing; especially, an apparatus for recreation by swinging, commonly consisting of a rope, the two ends of which are attached overhead, as to the bough of a tree, a seat being placed in the loop at the bottom; also, any contrivance by which a similar motion is produced for amusement or exercise.

Swing (n.) Influence of power of a body put in swaying motion.

Swing (n.) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.

Swing (n.) Free course; unrestrained liberty or license; tendency.

Swingdevil (n.) The European swift.

Swinge (v. & n.) See Singe.

Swinged (imp. & p. p.) of Swinge

Swingeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swinge

Swinge (v. t.) To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish.

Swinge (v. t.) To move as a lash; to lash.

Swinge (n.) The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing.

Swinge (n.) Power; sway; influence.

Swingebuckler (n.) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.

Swingeing (a.) Huge; very large.

Swingel (n.) The swinging part of a flail which falls on the grain in thrashing; the swiple.

Swinger (n.) One who swings or whirls.

Swinger (n.) One who swinges.

Swinger (n.) Anything very large, forcible, or astonishing.

Swinger (n.) A person who engages frequently in lively and fashionable pursuits, such as attending night clubs or discos.

Swinger (n.) A person who engages freely in sexual intercourse.

Swingle (v. i.) To dangle; to wave hanging.

Swingle (v. i.) To swing for pleasure.

Swingled (imp. & p. p.) of Swingle

Swingling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swingle

Swingle (v. t.) To clean, as flax, by beating it with a swingle, so as to separate the coarse parts and the woody substance from it; to scutch.

Swingle (v. t.) To beat off the tops of without pulling up the roots; -- said of weeds.

Swingle (n.) A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand.

Swinglebar (n.) A swingletree.

Swingletail (n.) The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.

Swingletree (v. i.) A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.

Swingling () a. & n. from Swingle, v. t.

Swingtree (n.) The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.

Swinish (a.) Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine; hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot.

Swank (imp.) of Swink

Swonk () of Swink

Swonken (p. p.) of Swink

Swinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swink

Swink (v. i.) To labor; to toil; to salve.

Swink (v. t.) To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor.

Swink (v. t.) To acquire by labor.

Swink (n.) Labor; toil; drudgery.

Swinker (n.) A laborer.

Swinney (n.) See Sweeny.

Swipe (n.) A swape or sweep. See Sweep.

Swipe (n.) A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club.

Swipe (n.) Poor, weak beer; small beer.

Swiped (imp. & p. p.) of Swipe

Swiping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swipe

Swipe (v. t.) To give a swipe to; to strike forcibly with a sweeping motion, as a ball.

Swipe (v. t.) To pluck; to snatch; to steal.

Swiple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain in thrashing; a swingel.

Swipper (a.) Nimble; quick.

Swirled (imp. & p. p.) of Swirl

Swirling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swirl

Swirl (n.) To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy.

Swirl (n.) A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl.

Swish (v. t.) To flourish, so as to make the sound swish.

Swish (v. t.) To flog; to lash.

Swish (v. i.) To dash; to swash.

Swish (n.) A sound of quick movement, as of something whirled through the air.

Swish (n.) Light driven spray.

Swiss (n.sing. & pl.) A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people of Switzerland.

Swiss (a.) Of or pertaining to Switzerland, or the people of Switzerland.

Switch (n.) A small, flexible twig or rod.

Switch (n.) A movable part of a rail; or of opposite rails, for transferring cars from one track to another.

Switch (n.) A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.

Switch (n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit.

Switched (imp. & p. p.) of Switch

Switching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Switch

Switch (v. t.) To strike with a switch or small flexible rod; to whip.

Switch (v. t.) To swing or whisk; as, to switch a cane.

Switch (v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge.

Switch (v. t.) To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; -- generally with off, from, etc.; as, to switch off a train; to switch a car from one track to another.

Switch (v. t.) To shift to another circuit.

Switch (v. i.) To walk with a jerk.

Switchel (n.) A beverage of molasses and water, seasoned with vinegar and ginger.

Switching () a. & n. from Switch, v.

Switchmen (pl. ) of Switchman

Switchman (n.) One who tends a switch on a railway.

Switchy (a.) Whisking.

Swithe (adv.) Instantly; quickly; speedily; rapidly.

Switzer (n.) A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Swiss.

Swive (v. t.) To copulate with (a woman).

Swivel (a.) A piece, as a ring or hook, attached to another piece by a pin, in such a manner as to permit rotation about the pin as an axis.

Swivel (a.) A small piece of ordnance, turning on a point or swivel; -- called also swivel gun.

Swivel (v. i.) To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot.

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