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    Swap (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swapping.] [OE. swappen to strike; cf. E. to strike a bargain; perh. akin to E. sweep.  Cf. Swap a blow, Swap, v. i.] [Written also swop.]
    1. To strike; -- with off. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] “Swap off his head!” Chaucer.

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    2. To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop. [Colloq.] Miss Edgeworth.

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    Swop (?), v. & n. Same as Swap.  Dryden.

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