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_Ramsay._
SWAYWEYIS, _adv._ Likewise.
_Acts Ja. I._
_To_ SWAK, SWAKE, _v. a._
1. To cast with force.
_Douglas._
2. To strike, S. B.
Teut. _swack-en_, vibrare.
~Swak~, ~Swake~, _s._
1. A throw.
_Ruddiman._
2. A hasty and smart blow.
_Wyntown._
3. A violent dash.
_Douglas._
4. Metaph. a little while.
_Douglas._
_To_ SWAK _away_, _v. n._ To decay, to waste.
_Bannatyne P._
Dan. _swackk-er_, to waste; Teut. _swack-en_, to fail.
SWAK, _s._ Errat. for ~Snuk~, q. v.
_Wallace._
SWALE, _part. pa._ Fat, plump.
_Douglas._
Isl. _swell-r_, tumidus.
_To_ SWALL, SWALLY, _v. a._ To devour.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _swaelg-a_, A. S. _swelg-an_, devorare.
SWALME, _s._ A tumor, an excrescence.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _swam_, Teut. _swamme_, tuber, fungus.
SWAMP, _adj._
1. Thin, not gross, S.
2. Not swelled, S.
SWANE, SWAYN, _s._
1. A youngman, S.
2. A man of inferior rank.
_Douglas._
Isl. _swein_, Su. G. _swen_, juvenis; servus.
Sw.a.n.gE, _s._ Perh. groin.
_Sir Gawan._
Su. G. _sw.a.n.ge_, ilia.
Sw.a.n.k, _adj._
1. Slender, not big-bellied, S.
