*swa*

v. See Assuage. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The sloth bear (Melursus labiatus) of India. [ 1913 Webster ]

See under 1st Bank, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Contr. from bellyswagger. ] A lewd man; also, a bully. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Boat + swain. ] 1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A large swan. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cock a boat + swain; hence, the master of a boat. ] The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A countersway of restraint, curbing their wild exorbitance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cockswain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Crossroad. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Dag a loose end? ] A coarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool. “Under coverlets made of dagswain.” Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- (intens.) + warn. ] To dissuade from by previous warning. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To swathe; to envelop, as in swaddling clothes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of enswathing, or the state of being enswathed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An implement with a flat part (a mesh of metal or plastic) and a long handle, used to kill insects by striking them. The handle is typically about one foot long and the flat mesh at the end (usually of plastic) is about 5 inces square.
Syn. -- swatter. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } a. [ Obs. ] See Forswat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Sweat. ] Spent with heat; covered with sweat. [ Obs. ] P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. Turf green with grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inswathed p. pr. & vb. n. Inswating. ] To wrap up; to infold; to swathe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inswathed sometimes in wandering mist. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To wander in a wrong path; to stray; to go astray. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wrong way. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bear sway over. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Skr. Sarasvatī. ] (Hind. Myth.) The sakti or wife of Brahma; the Hindoo goddess of learning, music, and poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) (a) The common tern. (b) The storm petrel. (c) The gannet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) See Cornish chough, under Chough. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ See So. ] So. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Swabbed p. pr. & vb. n. Swabbing. ] [ See Swabber, n. ] To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [ Spelt also swob. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also swob. ] 1. A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) An epaulet. [ Sailor's Slang ] Marryat. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To swab. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. zwabber; cf.D. zwabberen to swab, G. schwabbern, Dan. svabre, Sw. svab a swab, svabla to swab. ] 1. One who swabs a floor or desk. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Same as Swobber, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Probably fr. AS. swe&unr_;ian to bind. ] [ Written also swod. ] 1. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell -- thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow. Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A clown; a country bumpkin. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] “Country swains, and silly swads.” Greene. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was one busy fellow was their leader,
A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [ Low, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Coal Mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Swaddled p. pr. & vb. n. Swaddling ] 1. To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby. [ 1913 Webster ]

They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces of linen. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To beat; to cudgel. [ Obs. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. swe&unr_;il, swe&unr_;el, fr. swe&unr_;ain to bind. See Swathe. ] Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. [ 1913 Webster ]

They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The shoveler. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Swaddle, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Swaddling band,
Swaddling cloth, or
Swaddling clout, a band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a newborn infant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. Luke ii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Swagged p. pr. & vb. n. Swagging ] [ Cf. Icel. sveggja, sveigja to bend, to sway, Norw. svaga to sway. See Sway. ] 1. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth. Palsgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To tramp carrying a swag. [ Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. A swaying, irregular motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [ Cant or Slang ] Charles Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Australia ] (a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a bluey, or a drum. (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage in general.

He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself. Lawson. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Having a prominent, overhanging belly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A prominent, overhanging belly. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Any large tumor developed in the abdomen, and neither fluctuating nor sonorous. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Swaged p. pr. & vb. n. Swaging ] [ Equiv. to suage, abbrev. fr. assuage. ] See Assuage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Swage block, a perforated block of iron, having grooved sides and adapted for use in heading bolts and swaging objects of large size. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shape by means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of iron, by forcing it into a groove or mold having the required shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or manner of a swaggerer. [ 1913 Webster ]

He gave a half swagger, half leer, as he stepped forth to receive us. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A swagman. [ Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Swaggered p. pr. & vb. n. Swaggering. ] [ Freq. of swag. ] 1. To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man who swaggers about London clubs. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully. [ 1913 Webster ]

What a pleasant it is . . . to swagger at the bar! Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be great is not . . . to swagger at our footmen. Colier. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bully. [ R. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]