A. S. _swip-an_, Isl. _swip-a_, cito agere; Isl. _swipr_, subita apparentia.

~Swipperlie~, ~Swippertly~, _adv._ Swiftly.

_Douglas._

SWYRE, _s._ The neck, &c.

V. ~Sware~.

_To_ SWIRK, _v. n._ To spring with velocity.

Allied perh. to E. _jerk_, or Belg. _schrikk-en_, to start.

_Dunbar._

_To_ SWIRL, _v. n._

1. To whirl like a vortex, S.

2. Used improperly to denote the motion of a ship in sailing.

_P. Buch. Dial._

Su. G. _swarfw-a_, Isl. _swirr-a_, to be hurried round.

~Swirl~, _s._ The whirling motion of a fluid body, S.

_Douglas._

SWIRL, _s._ A twist or contortion in the grain of wood, S.

~Swirlie~, _adj._

1. Full of twists, contorted; applied to wood.

_Burns._

2. Entangled; applied to gra.s.s that lies in various positions, S.

SWITH, SWYTH, SWYITH, _adv._

1. Quickly; _als swyth_, as soon.

_Douglas._

2. Equivalent to "be gone," "avast," S.

_Shirrefs._

Isl. _swey_, apage; Su. G. _swig-a_, loco cedere.

~Swithnes~, _s._ Swiftness.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

_To_ SWOICH, SWOUCH, _v. n._ To emit a hollow whistling sound.

V. ~Souch~, _v._

SWONCHAND, _part. pr._ Vibrating.

Germ. _swenck-en_, mot.i.tare.

_Houlate._

SWOON, _s._ Corn is _in the swoon_, when, although the strength of the seed is exhausted, the plant has not fairly struck root, S. B. In this state, the blade appears sickly and faded.

A. S. _swinn-an_, to decay.

SWORd.i.c.k, _s._ Spotted blenny; so denominated from its form, Orkn.

_Barry._

SWORDSLIPERS, _s. pl._ Swordcutlers.

_Knox._

Teut. _slyp-en_, acuere, exterere aciem ferri; Su. G. _slip-a_, id.

SWORL, _s._ A whirling motion.

V. ~Swirl~.

_Douglas._

SWOURN. L. _smoryt_, smothered.

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