Swipey (from SWIPES), intoxicated.
Swish, to flog, derived perhaps from the sound. Maybe, a corruption of SWITCH.
Swished, or SWITCHED, married.
Swivel-eye, a squinting eye.
Swizzle, small beer, drink.
Swot, mathematics; also, a mathematician; as a verb, to work hard for an examination, to be diligent in one’s studies.—Army.
This word originated at the great slang manufactory for the army, the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in the broad Scotch pronunciation by Dr. Wallace, one of the Professors, of the word sweat. It has since become fashionable at the Universities.
Syce, a groom.—Anglo-Indian.
T, “to suit to a T,” to fit to a nicety.—Old. Perhaps from the T-square of carpenters, by which the accuracy of work is tested.
Tabby party, a party consisting entirely of women, a tea and tattle gathering. In America, a gathering of men only is called a “stag party.”