- swinked
- swinked (Milton swink't) adjectiveToilworn, fatigued• • •Main Entry: ↑swink
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swink't — swinked (Milton swink t) adjective Toilworn, fatigued • • • Main Entry: ↑swink … Useful english dictionary
Swink — Swink, v. t. 1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. [1913 Webster] To devour all that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swink — [swiŋk] n., vi. swinked or swank, swinking [ME swinken < OE swincan: for IE base see SWING] Archaic labor; toil … English World dictionary
