Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To midwife. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OE. swiven, fr. AS. swīfan. See Swivel. ] To copulate with (a woman). [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. swīfan to move quickly, to remove; akin to Icel. sveifla to whirl, shake, svīfa to ramble, to turn. See Swoop, and cf. Swift a reel, Swift, a. ]
Swivel bridge,
Swivel hook,
Swivel joint,
v. i. To swing or turn, as on a pin or pivot. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Squint-eyed. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
I have wived his sister. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Wifehood. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Wifeless. [ Obs. ] Homilies. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Wifely. [ Obs. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]
The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, and its dragons. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.,