GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   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]
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   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.
   
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2.       
   Swink, v. t.
   To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obs.]
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   And the swinked hedger at his supper sat.
   Milton.
   
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   To acquire by labor. [Obs.]
   Piers Plowman.
   
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   To devour all that others swink.
   Chaucer.
   
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   Swink, n. [As. swinc, geswinc.] Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.]
   Chaucer. Spenser.
   
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