_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.

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