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• Swan — /swon/, n. Sir Joseph Wilson, 1828 1914, British chemist, electrical engineer, and inventor. * * * I Long necked, heavy bodied, big footed waterfowl (genus Cygnus, family Anatidae). Among waterfowl, swans are the largest and fastest, both… …   Universalium

• swan-dive — /swon duyv /, v.i., swan dived, swan diving. 1. to perform a swan dive. 2. to decrease suddenly and decisively; plummet: Stock prices swan dived overnight. * * * …   Universalium

• Swanee — /swon ee, swaw nee/, n. Suwannee. * * * …   Universalium

• swanherd — /swon herrd /, n. a person who tends swans. [1475 85; SWAN1 + HERD2] * * * …   Universalium

• swannery — /swon euh ree/, n., pl. swanneries. a place where swans are raised. [1560 70; SWAN1 + ERY] * * * …   Universalium

• Swansea — /swon see, zee/, n. 1. a seaport in West Glamorgan, in S Wales. 190,500. 2. a city in SE Massachusetts. 15,461. * * * Welsh Abertawe Seaport and county (pop., 2001: 223,293), southern Wales. Lying along the Bristol Channel, it is the second… …   Universalium

• swanskin — /swon skin /, n. 1. the skin of a swan, with the feathers on. 2. a closely woven twill weave flannel for work clothes. [1600 10; SWAN1 + SKIN] * * * …   Universalium

• Swanson — /swon seuhn/, n. Gloria (Gloria Josephine May Swenson), 1899 1983, U.S. film actress. * * * …   Universalium

• swan-upping — /swon up ing/, n. Brit. 1. the taking up of young swans to mark them with nicks on the beak for identification. 2. an annual expedition for this purpose on the Thames. [1800 10; SWAN1 + upping (UP + ING1)] * * * …   Universalium

• swan-dive — /swon duyv /, v.i., swan dived, swan diving. 1. to perform a swan dive. 2. to decrease suddenly and decisively; plummet: Stock prices swan dived overnight …   Useful english dictionary