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swab, swabb,
swab [I.Sh. swab]
n. A wet cloth.
n. A wet cloth.
swabbelt, swabble, swabble, swabbled, swable, swable, swaibble, swaible,
swabble [ˈswabl]
n. A beating, thrashing, a long pliant stick.
adj. Loose, shaking, unsteady.
v. To beat, thrash, switch with a cane, belt or the like.
pt. pp. swabbelt
n. A beating, thrashing, a long pliant stick.
adj. Loose, shaking, unsteady.
v. To beat, thrash, switch with a cane, belt or the like.
pt. pp. swabbelt
swaible [ˈswebl]
n. A splashing or sousing with water.
v. To dabble in a liquid, splash about, swill, mop up, swab, wash, scour energetically.
n. A splashing or sousing with water.
v. To dabble in a liquid, splash about, swill, mop up, swab, wash, scour energetically.
swaak, swack, swacken, swackent, swacker, swackest, swak, swakk, swakken, swakkent, swakker,
swack [swak]
adj. Of substances: soft, moist and easily moulded, plastic. Of soil workable. Pliant, easily bent or stretched. Of people or animals or their limbs: active, nimble, lissom, lithe, supple, agile.
comp. swacker
superl. swackest
v. To make pliant or supple.
adj. Of substances: soft, moist and easily moulded, plastic. Of soil workable. Pliant, easily bent or stretched. Of people or animals or their limbs: active, nimble, lissom, lithe, supple, agile.
comp. swacker
superl. swackest
v. To make pliant or supple.
swacken [-ən]
v. To make or become soft or pliant, loosen.
pt. pp. swackent
v. To make or become soft or pliant, loosen.
pt. pp. swackent
aamerswack, amerswakk, ammerswack, ammerswak, ammerswakk, aumerswack, o$erswak, owerswack, owerswak, swaak, swack, swak,
swack [swak]
n. A heavy blow or movement. A swig.
v. To throw, brandish.
n. A heavy blow or movement. A swig.
v. To throw, brandish.
Compounds and phrases etc.
ammerswack [I.Sh. ˈaːmər-]: Unrest, irritation, noisy and feverish haste.
owerswack: SW. The surge and sound of waves breaking on the beach.
owerswack: SW. The surge and sound of waves breaking on the beach.
swad, swaddie, swaddy,
swad [swad(ɪ)]
n. sl. A soldier. A stout robust person, a bumpkin
dim. swaddie
n. sl. A soldier. A stout robust person, a bumpkin
dim. swaddie
suede, swad, Swadden, swade, Swaden, Swades, Swads, Swaiden, swed, Swedden, swede, Sweden,
swade [swed, swɛd, MN. swad]
n. A Swede, a native of Sweden. A variety of turnip, the rutabaga Brassica napobrassica.
n. A Swede, a native of Sweden. A variety of turnip, the rutabaga Brassica napobrassica.
Swades [swedz, swɛdz, MN. swadz]
adj. Swedish.
adj. Swedish.
Swaden [ˈswedən, ˈswɛdən, MN. ˈswadən]
pn. Sweden.
pn. Sweden.
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.
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.