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2. Reluctant, unwilling, S.
_Ramsay._
3. n.i.g.g.ardly, unwilling to part with any thing, S. O.
~Dead-sweir~, _adj._ Extremely lazy, S.
_Rutherford._
~Sweir-kitty~, _s._ An instrument for winding yarn, S. B.
_Sweir_, and _Kitty_, a contemptuous term for a woman.
~Sweirnes~, _s._ Laziness, S.
_Dunbar._
~Sweir-tree~, _s._ An amus.e.m.e.nt, in which two persons are seated on the ground, and holding a stick between them, each tries who shall first draw the other up; Fife.
SWELCHIE, _s._ A seal.
V. ~Selch~.
_Brand._
SWELCHIE, _s._ A whirlpool, Orkn.
V. ~Swelth~, s.
SWELL, _s._ A bog, S. B.
V. ~Swelth~.
_To_ SWELLY, _v. a._ To swallow, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _swelg-an_, Su. G. _swael-ja_, vorare.
_To_ SWELT, _v. n._ To die.
_Barbour._
A. S. _swealt-an_, _swelt-an_, mori.
_To_ SWELT, _v. n._ To have a sense of suffocation, especially from heat, S.
_Ross._
Isl. _swael-a_, _swaelt_, suffocare.
SWELTH, _adj._ Voracious.
_Douglas._
A. S. _swelgeth_, devorat, q. that which _swalloweth_; Isl.
_swaelt-a_, esurire.
SWELTH, _s._ A gulf, a whirlpool.
_Doug._
Su. G. _swalg_, Teut. _swelgh_, a gulf; Isl. _swelg-r_, Dan.
_swaelg_, vorago, gurges.
SUENYNG, _s._ Dreaming.
V. ~Sweuin~.
SWERD, _s._ A sword.
V. ~Suerd~.
SWERF, _s._ A swoon.
V. ~Swarf~.
SWERTHBAK, _s._ The great black and white gull.
V. ~Swartback~.
_Houlate._
Isl. _swartbak-ur_, the lesser guillemot.
SWESCH, _s._ A trumpet.
