SWINGTREE
Swing"tree`, n.
Defn: The bar of a carriage to which the traces are fastened; the whiffletree.
SWINISH
Swin"ish, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to swine; befitting swine; like swine;
hoggish; gross; beasty; as, a swinish drunkard or sot. "Swinish
gluttony." Milton.
— Swin"ish*ly, adv.
— Swin"ish*ness, n.
SWINK
Swink, v. i. [imp. Swank, Swonk (; p. p. Swonken; p. pr. & vb. n.
Swinking.] Etym: [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.]
Defn: To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic]
Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer.
For which men swink and sweat incessantly. Spenser.
The swinking crowd at every stroke pant "Ho." Sir Samuel Freguson.
SWINK
Swink, v. t.
1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obs.] And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. Milton.
2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. To devour all that others swink. Chaucer.
SWINK
Swink, n. Etym: [As. swinc, geswinc.]