Defn: Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
SWINKER
Swink"er, n.
Defn: A laborer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SWINNEY
Swin"ney, n. (Far.)
Defn: See Sweeny.
SWIPE
Swipe, n. Etym: [Cf. Sweep, Swiple.]
1. A swape or sweep. See Sweep.
2. A strong blow given with a sweeping motion, as with a bat or club. Swipes [in cricket] over the blower's head, and over either of the long fields. R. A. Proctor.
3. pl.
Defn: Poor, weak beer; small beer. [Slang, Eng.] [Written also swypes.] Craig.