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† sweek Obs. Also 6 sweake, 7 sweeke. [If the primary sense be ‘swing’, this word is related to sweak v. and to the dial. sweak swing-bar in a fireplace for kettles, etc., swake pump-handle.] Part of a trap for catching birds.1594 Barnfield Affect. Sheph. (Arb.) 13 If thou wilt Make pit-falls for th...
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▪ I. † sweak, v. Obs. rare—1. [Cf. sweek.] trans. app. To swing.1567 Golding Ovid's Met. viii. 108 As he sweakt his axe asyde to fetch his blow.▪ II. sweak(e obs. and dial. form of squeak; var. sweek.
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