Swaddled (imp. & p. p.) of Swaddle
Swaddling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swaddle
Swaddle (v. t.) To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby.
Swaddle (v. t.) To beat; to cudgel.
Swaddlebill (n.) The shoveler.
Swaddler (n.) A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.
Swaddling () a. & n. from Swaddle, v.
Swagged (imp. & p. p.) of Swag
Swagging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swag
Swag (v. i.) To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.
Swag (v. i.) To sink down by its weight; to sag.
Swag (n.) A swaying, irregular motion.
Swag (n.) A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.
Swag-bellied (a.) Having a prominent, overhanging belly.
Swagbelly (n.) A prominent, overhanging belly.
Swagbelly (n.) Any large tumor developed in the abdomen, and neither fluctuating nor sonorous.
Swaged (imp. & p. p.) of Swage
Swaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swage
Swage (v. t. & i.) See Assuage.
Swage (n.) A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge.
Swage (v. t.) To shape by means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of iron, by forcing it into a groove or mold having the required shape.
Swaggered (imp. & p. p.) of Swagger
Swaggering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swagger
Swagger (v. i.) To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
Swagger (v. i.) To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
Swagger (v. t.) To bully.
Swagger (n.) The act or manner of a swaggerer.
Swaggerer (n.) One who swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisy fellow.
Swaggy (a.) Inclined to swag; sinking, hanging, or leaning by its weight.
Swain (n.) A servant.
Swain (n.) A young man dwelling in the country; a rustic; esp., a cuntry gallant or lover; -- chiefly in poetry.
Swainish (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a swain; rustic; ignorant.
Swainling (n.) A little swain.
Swainmote (n.) A court held before the verders of the forest as judges, by the steward of the court, thrice every year, the swains, or freeholders, within the forest composing the jury.
Swainship (n.) The condition of a swain.
Swaip (v. i.) To walk proudly; to sweep along.
Swal (imp.) Swelled.
Swale (n.) A valley or low place; a tract of low, and usually wet, land; a moor; a fen.
Swale (v. i. & t.) To melt and waste away; to singe. See Sweal, v.
Swale (n.) A gutter in a candle.
Swallet (n.) Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; -- so called among tin miners.
Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, especially one of those species in which the tail is deeply forked. They have long, pointed wings, and are noted for the swiftness and gracefulness of their flight.
Swallow (n.) Any one of numerous species of swifts which resemble the true swallows in form and habits, as the common American chimney swallow, or swift.
Swallow (n.) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.
Swallowed (imp. & p. p.) of Swallow
Swallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swallow
Swallow (v. t.) To take into the stomach; to receive through the gullet, or esophagus, into the stomach; as, to swallow food or drink.
Swallow (v. t.) To draw into an abyss or gulf; to ingulf; to absorb -- usually followed by up.
Swallow (v. t.) To receive or embrace, as opinions or belief, without examination or scruple; to receive implicitly.
Swallow (v. t.) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
Swallow (v. t.) To occupy; to take up; to employ.
Swallow (v. t.) To seize and waste; to exhaust; to consume.
Swallow (v. t.) To retract; to recant; as, to swallow one's opinions.
Swallow (v. t.) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult.
Swallow (v. i.) To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow.
Swallow (n.) The act of swallowing.
Swallow (n.) The gullet, or esophagus; the throat.
Swallow (n.) Taste; relish; inclination; liking.
Swallow (n.) Capacity for swallowing; voracity.
Swallow (n.) As much as is, or can be, swallowed at once; as, a swallow of water.
Swallow (n.) That which ingulfs; a whirlpool.
Swallower (n.) One who swallows; also, a glutton.
Swallowfish (n.) The European sapphirine gurnard (Trigla hirundo). It has large pectoral fins.
Swallowtail (n.) A kind of tenon or tongue used in making joints. See Dovetail.
Swallowtail (n.) A species of willow.
Swallowtail (n.) An outwork with converging sides, its head or front forming a reentrant angle; -- so called from its form. Called also priestcap.
Swallowtail (n.) A swallow-tailed coat.
Swallowtail (n.) An arrow.
Swallowtail (n.) Any one of numerous species of large and handsome butterflies, belonging to Papilio and allied genera, in which the posterior border of each hind wing is prolongated in the form of a long lobe.
Swallow-tailed (a.) Having a tail like that of a swallow; hence, like a swallow's tail in form; having narrow and tapering or pointed skirts; as, a swallow-tailed coat.
Swallow-tailed (a.) United by dovetailing; dovetailed.
Swallowwort (n.) See Celandine.
Swallowwort (n.) A poisonous plant (Vincetoxicum officinale) of the Milkweed family, at one time used in medicine; -- also called white swallowwort.
Swam () imp. of Swim.
Swamp (n.) Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore.
Swamped (imp. & p. p.) of Swamp
Swamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swamp
Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp.
Swamp (v. t.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.
Swamp (v. t.) Fig.: To plunge into difficulties and perils; to overwhelm; to ruin; to wreck.
Swamp (v. i.) To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties.
Swamp (v. i.) To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked.
Swampy (a.) Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land.
Swan (n.) Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death.
Swan (n.) Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon.
Swan (n.) The constellation Cygnus.
Swang () imp. of Swing.
Swang (n.) A swamp.
Swanherd (n.) One who tends or marks swans; as, the royal swanherd of England.
Swan-hopping (n.) A corruption of Swan-upping.
Swanimote (n.) See Swainmote.
Swankie (n.) Alt. of Swanky
Swanky (n.) An active and clever young fellow.
Swanlike (a.) Resembling a swan.
Swanmark (n.) A mark of ownership cut on the bill or swan.
Swannery (n.) A place where swans are bred.
Swanny (a.) Swanlike; as, a swanny glossiness of the neck.
Swanpan (n.) The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan.
Swan's-down (n.) Alt. of Swans-down
Swans-down (n.) The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress.