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_To_ SWYKE, _v. a._ To cause to stumble.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
A. S. _swic-an_, facere ut offendat.
SWIKFUL, _adj._ Deceitful.
_Wyntown._
~Swikfully~, _adv._ Deceitfully.
_Wyntown._
SWILK, _adj._ Such.
_Barbour._
A. S. _swilk_, talis; Moes. G. _swaleik_, id. from _swa_, so, and _leik_, like.
_To_ SWILL, _v. a._ to swaddle; S. _sweal_.
V. ~Swayl~.
_Montgomerie._
SWINE-FISH, _s._ The wolf-fish, Orkn.
_Barry._
SWINE'S ARNUTS, _s._ Tall oat gra.s.s, with tuberous roots, S.
SWINE'S MOSSCORTS, _s._ Clown's allheal, S.
Sw. _swinknyl_, from _swin_, swine, and _knyl_, a lump.
SWING, _s._ A stroke.
A. S. id.
_Barbour._
SWYNGYT. L. _fwyngyt_, foined, pushed.
O. Fr. _foine_, a sword.
_Barbour._
_To_ SWINGLE _lint_, to separate flax from the core, by beating it, S.
_A. Scott._
Teut. _swinghel-en het vlas_, id.; A. S. _swing-an_, flagellare.
~Swingle-wand~, _s._ The instrument with which flax is _swingled_, S. B.
SWINGLE-TREE, _s._
1. One of the moveable pieces of wood put before a plough or harrow, to which the traces are fastened, S.
2. Used improperly for the poles of a coach.
_Journ. Lond._
Teut. _swinghel-en_, to move backwards and forwards.
_To_ SWINK, SWYNK, _v. n._ To labour.
A. S. _swinc-an_, laborare.
_Henrysone._
~Swink~, _s._ Labour.
_Sir Tristrem._
SWIPPER, _adj._
1. Nimble; S. B. _swippert_.
_Douglas._
2. Sudden, S. B.
_Ross._
3. Hasty, tart, S. B.
