Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 208

Swelter (v. i.) To welter; to soak.

Swelter (v. t.) To oppress with heat.

Swelter (v. t.) To exude, like sweat.

Sweltry (v. i.) Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.

Swelve (v. t.) To swallow.

Swept () imp. & p. p. of Sweep.

Swerd (n. & v.) See Sward, n. & v.

Swerd (n.) Sword.

Swerved (imp. & p. p.) of Swerve

Swerving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swerve

Swerve (v. i.) To stray; to wander; to rope.

Swerve (v. i.) To go out of a straight line; to deflect.

Swerve (v. i.) To wander from any line prescribed, or from a rule or duty; to depart from what is established by law, duty, custom, or the like; to deviate.

Swerve (v. i.) To bend; to incline.

Swerve (v. i.) To climb or move upward by winding or turning.

Swerve (v. t.) To turn aside.

Sweven (n.) A vision seen in sleep; a dream.

Swich (a.) Such.

Swietenia (n.) A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species (Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree.

Swift (v. i.) Moving a great distance in a short time; moving with celerity or velocity; fleet; rapid; quick; speedy; prompt.

Swift (v. i.) Of short continuance; passing away quickly.

Swift (adv.) Swiftly.

Swift (n.) The current of a stream.

Swift (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.

Swift (n.) Any one of several species of lizards, as the pine lizard.

Swift (n.) The ghost moth. See under Ghost.

Swift (n.) A reel, or turning instrument, for winding yarn, thread, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Swift (n.) The main card cylinder of a flax-carding machine.

Swifter (n.) A rope used to retain the bars of the capstan in their sockets while men are turning it.

Swifter (n.) A rope used to encircle a boat longitudinally, to strengthen and defend her sides.

Swifter (n.) The forward shroud of a lower mast.

Swifter (v. t.) To tighten, as slack standing rigging, by bringing the opposite shrouds nearer.

Swiftfoot (a.) Nimble; fleet.

Swiftfoot (n.) The courser.

Swiftlet (n.) Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.

Swiftly (adv.) In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.

Swiftness (n.) The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.

Swig (v. t.) To drink in long draughts; to gulp; as, to swig cider.

Swig (v. t.) To suck.

Swig (n.) A long draught.

Swig (n.) A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.

Swig (n.) A beverage consisting of warm beer flavored with spices, lemon, etc.

Swig (v. t.) To castrate, as a ram, by binding the testicles tightly with a string, so that they mortify and slough off.

Swig (v. t.) To pull upon (a tackle) by throwing the weight of the body upon the fall between the block and a cleat.

Swilled (imp. & p. p.) of Swill

Swilling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swill

Swill (v. t.) To wash; to drench.

Swill (n.) To drink in great draughts; to swallow greedily.

Swill (n.) To inebriate; to fill with drink.

Swill (v. i.) To drink greedily or swinishly; to drink to excess.

Swill (n.) The wash, or mixture of liquid substances, given to swine; hogwash; -- called also swillings.

Swill (n.) Large draughts of liquor; drink taken in excessive quantities.

Swiller (n.) One who swills.

Swillings (n. pl.) See Swill, n., 1.

Swam (imp.) of Swim

Swum () of Swim

Swum (p. p.) of Swim

Swimming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swim

Swim (v. i.) To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed.

Swim (v. i.) To move progressively in water by means of strokes with the hands and feet, or the fins or the tail.

Swim (v. i.) To be overflowed or drenched.

Swim (v. i.) Fig.: To be as if borne or floating in a fluid.

Swim (v. i.) To be filled with swimming animals.

Swim (v. t.) To pass or move over or on by swimming; as, to swim a stream.

Swim (v. t.) To cause or compel to swim; to make to float; as, to swim a horse across a river.

Swim (v. t.) To immerse in water that the lighter parts may float; as, to swim wheat in order to select seed.

Swim (n.) The act of swimming; a gliding motion, like that of one swimming.

Swim (n.) The sound, or air bladder, of a fish.

Swim (n.) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.

Swim (v. i.) To be dizzy; to have an unsteady or reeling sensation; as, the head swims.

Swimbel (n.) A moaning or sighing sound or noise; a sough.

Swimmer (n.) One who swims.

Swimmer (n.) A protuberance on the leg of a horse.

Swimmer (n.) A swimming bird; one of the natatores.

Swimmeret (n.) One of a series of flat, fringed, and usually bilobed, appendages, of which several pairs occur on the abdominal somites of many crustaceans. They are used as fins in swimming.

Swimming (a.) That swims; capable of swimming; adapted to, or used in, swimming; as, a swimming bird; a swimming motion.

Swimming (a.) Suffused with moisture; as, swimming eyes.

Swimming (n.) The act of one who swims.

Swimming (a.) Being in a state of vertigo or dizziness; as, a swimming brain.

Swimming (n.) Vertigo; dizziness; as, a swimming in the head.

Swimmingly (adv.) In an easy, gliding manner, as if swimming; smoothly; successfully; prosperously.

Swimmingness (n.) Act or state of swimming; suffusion.

Swinck (v. & n.) See Swink.

Swindled (imp. & p. p.) of Swindle

Swindling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swindle

Swindle (v. t.) To cheat defraud grossly, or with deliberate artifice; as, to swindle a man out of his property.

Swindle (n.) The act or process of swindling; a cheat.

Swindler (n.) One who swindles, or defrauds grossly; one who makes a practice of defrauding others by imposition or deliberate artifice; a cheat.

Swindlery (n.) Swindling; rougery.

Swine (n.) Any animal of the hog kind, especially one of the domestical species. Swine secrete a large amount of subcutaneous fat, which, when extracted, is known as lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young, pig. See Hog.

Swinebread (n.) The truffle.

Swinecase (n.) A hogsty.

Swinecote (n.) A hogsty.

Swinecrue (n.) A hogsty.

Swinefish (n.) The wolf fish.

Swineherd (n.) A keeper of swine.

Swinepipe (n.) The European redwing.

Swine-pox (n.) A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox.

Swineery (n.) Same as Piggery.

Swinestone (n.) See Stinkstone.

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