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assuage, swaadge, swadge, swadger, swage, swauger, swedger, swedgers,
swadge [swadʒ]
A form of assuage.
v. To subside, settle down. Of floods or the stomach after a meal etc.: to shrink from a swollen condition. To take in and digest food. To relax after a good meal.
A form of assuage.
v. To subside, settle down. Of floods or the stomach after a meal etc.: to shrink from a swollen condition. To take in and digest food. To relax after a good meal.
Compounds and phrases etc.
swadger: A long, satisfying drink of liquor.
swedger: col. WC. A sweet (confectionary).
swedger: col. WC. A sweet (confectionary).
swag, swagger, swig,
swag [swag]
n. A thief's or beggar's bag. A swig of drink.
v. To sway from side to side, wag to and fro, hang down lopsidedly,
n. A thief's or beggar's bag. A swig of drink.
v. To sway from side to side, wag to and fro, hang down lopsidedly,
swagger [-ər]
v. To sway from side to side, lurch, stumble.
v. To sway from side to side, lurch, stumble.
Compounds and phrases etc.
swaggerer: A person who behaves, walks, or acts in an arrogant, boastful, or overbearingly confident manner.
swager,
swager [I.Sh. ˈswagər]
n. A brother-in-law, particularly one married to one's wife's sister.
n. A brother-in-law, particularly one married to one's wife's sister.
swail, swaily, swale, swallow, swel, swell, swyle, swylie,
swail [sweːl, MN. swəil]
n. A wet hollow, a boggy depression or miry place in the ground.
n. A wet hollow, a boggy depression or miry place in the ground.
swaily
adj. Boggy, full of wet hollows.
adj. Boggy, full of wet hollows.
swaip, swape,
swaip [S. swep]
n. A slanting direction, an oblique course upwards or downwards, a slope. A cut-away shape of a garment, an oblique hang or cut of a dress. An angle-bar in joinery.
adj. Slanting or sloping, cut at an angle, oblique.
v. Of a road etc.: to take a slanting or sloping course, to rise or descend obliquely. To ascend on the slope or at a slant. To cut or shape a garment obliquely.
n. A slanting direction, an oblique course upwards or downwards, a slope. A cut-away shape of a garment, an oblique hang or cut of a dress. An angle-bar in joinery.
adj. Slanting or sloping, cut at an angle, oblique.
v. Of a road etc.: to take a slanting or sloping course, to rise or descend obliquely. To ascend on the slope or at a slant. To cut or shape a garment obliquely.
greenswaird, swaird, swairdin, swairt, sward, swarth, swerd, swird, swirten,
swaird [sweːrd, I.Sh. swɪrd]
n. Sward. Smooth grass.
v. To remove the sward or layer of grass in order to make it into compost.
n. Sward. Smooth grass.
v. To remove the sward or layer of grass in order to make it into compost.
Compounds and phrases etc.
greenswaird: Grass-covered ground.
swairdin: Removing the sward or layer of grass. Flattening the corn.
swairdin: Removing the sward or layer of grass. Flattening the corn.
swahrm, swairm, swairmin, swarm, swerm,
swairm [sweːrm]
n. A swarm.
v. To swarm.
n. A swarm.
v. To swarm.
Compounds and phrases etc.
swairmin: Swarming.
ill-swalled, ill-swallt, ill-swalt, swaal, swaalt, swal, swald, swaleheidit, swall, swall$d, swalled, swallen, swall-heidit, swallin, swallin$, swallt, swalt, sweel, sweeled, sweelt, sweil, sweill, swole, swollen, swown,
swall [swal, swil]
v. To swell.
pt. swallt
pp. swallt, swollen, swown [swʌun]
v. To swell.
pt. swallt
pp. swallt, swollen, swown [swʌun]
Compounds and phrases etc.
ill-swallt: Severly or unhealthily swollen.
swallin [-ɪn]: Swelling.
swall-heidit: Swollen-headed.
swallin [-ɪn]: Swelling.
swall-heidit: Swollen-headed.
can_swallow, cran_swallae, crane_swallow, cran-swallae, sannie-swallow, sea_swalla, sea_swallae, sea_swallow, swaallae, swaally, swahlay, swahlly, swaldie, swalla, swallae, swalley, swallie, swallow, swally, windae-swalla, windae-swallae, winda-swalla, wunda-swalla,
swallae [ˈswalə, ˈswale]
n. The swallow Hirundo rustica.
dim. NN.a. swallock.
n. The swallow Hirundo rustica.
dim. NN.a. swallock.
Compounds and phrases etc.
broun swallae: WC. The swift Apus apus
cran-swallae: SEC. The swift Apus apus
mairtin swallae: SEC. The house martin Delichon urbicum.
saundie swallae: The sand martin Riparia riparia.
sea swallae: I.Sh. The stormy petrel Hydrobates pelagicus or SW. common tern Sterna hirundo.
watter swallae: WC. The sand martin Riparia riparia.
windae-swallae: S. SEC. NEC. The house martin Delichon urbicum.
cran-swallae: SEC. The swift Apus apus
mairtin swallae: SEC. The house martin Delichon urbicum.
saundie swallae: The sand martin Riparia riparia.
sea swallae: I.Sh. The stormy petrel Hydrobates pelagicus or SW. common tern Sterna hirundo.
watter swallae: WC. The sand martin Riparia riparia.
windae-swallae: S. SEC. NEC. The house martin Delichon urbicum.
swaallae, swaallaed, swaally, swahlay, swahlly, swalla, swalla$d, swalla$ed, swallae, swallaed, swallaein, swalled, swalley, swalleyed, swallie, swallied, swalliein, swalliet, swallit, swallow, swally, swallyin, swillie,
swallie [ˈswalə, ˈswale]
n. A swallow of food or drink etc. col. An alcoholic drink or a drinking session.
v. To swallow.
pt. pp. swallit, swallied
n. A swallow of food or drink etc. col. An alcoholic drink or a drinking session.
v. To swallow.
pt. pp. swallit, swallied
Compounds and phrases etc.
swalliein: Swallowing.