WordWeight : Weighing the Words

Pronunciation : Swink, v. i. [imp. Swank
Part of Speech : Swonk
Etymology : [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.]
Definition : Defn: To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer. For which men swink and sweat incessantly. Spenser. The swinking crowd at every stroke pant "Ho." Sir Samuel Freguson.

(; p. p. Swonken; p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Swink
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obs.] And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. Milton.

2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. To devour all that others swink. Chaucer.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Swink
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [As. swinc, geswinc.]
Definition : Defn: Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913