v. i.
Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
For which men swink and sweat incessantly. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
The swinking crowd at every stroke pant “Ho.” Sir Samuel Freguson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
To devour all that others swink. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ As. swinc, geswinc. ] Labor; toil; drudgery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A laborer. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]