SWORN
Sworn,
Defn: p. p. of Swear. Sworn brothers, originally, companions in arms
who took an oath to share together good and bad fortune; hence,
faithful friends.
— Sworn enemies, determined or irreconcilable enemies.
— Sworn friends, close friends.
SWOUGH
Swough, n. Etym: [See Swoon.]
1. A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough. [Obs.] He sigheth with full many a sorry swough. Chaucer.
2. A swoon. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SWOUND
Swound, v. & n.
Defn: See Swoon, v. & n. [Prov. Eng. or Archaic] Shak. Dryden.
The landlord stirred As one awaking from a swound. Longfellow.
'SWOUNDS
'Swounds, interj. Etym: [Cf. Zounds.]
Defn: An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; — used as an oath. [Obs. or Archaic] Shak.
SWOWN
Swown, v. & n.