Or swink with his hands and labor. --Chaucer.
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For which men swink and sweat incessantly. --Spenser.
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The swinking crowd at every stroke pant ``Ho.'' --Sir Samuel Freguson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
swinking — … Useful english dictionary
Swank — Swink Swink, v. i. [imp. {Swank}, {Swonk}; p. p. {Swonken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swinking}.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See {Swing}.] To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster] Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Swink — Swink, v. i. [imp. {Swank}, {Swonk}; p. p. {Swonken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swinking}.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See {Swing}.] To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster] Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Swonk — Swink Swink, v. i. [imp. {Swank}, {Swonk}; p. p. {Swonken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swinking}.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See {Swing}.] To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster] Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Swonken — Swink Swink, v. i. [imp. {Swank}, {Swonk}; p. p. {Swonken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swinking}.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See {Swing}.] To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] [1913 Webster] Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swink — swinker, n. /swingk/, v.i., swank or swonk, swonken, swinking, n. Brit. Archaic. labor; toil. [bef. 900; ME swinken, OE swincan; akin to SWING1] * * * … Universalium
swink — 1. noun /swɪŋk/lang=en toil, work, drudgery Dead on this homecoming cue Jack came home, his hands sheerfree of salesman’s swink, ready for Enderby. 2. verb /swɪŋk/lang=en to labour, to work hard And on this board were frightful … Wiktionary
swink — /swɪŋk/ (say swingk) Obsolete –verb (i) (swank or swonk, swonken, swinking) 1. to labour; toil. –noun 2. labour; toil. {Middle English; Old English swincan} –swinker, noun …
swink — [swiŋk] n., vi. swinked or swank, swinking [ME swinken < OE swincan: for IE base see SWING] Archaic labor; toil … English World dictionary
