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swipper, a. Now dial. (ˈswɪpə(r)) Forms: 4–5 swiper(e, swyper, 4–6 Sc. swepyr, 5 swypir, -yr, swepir, -er, 6 swip(p)ir, swypper, shwyper, 6– swipper. [repr. (with change of meaning) OE. swipor, ᵹeswipor crafty, cunning, corresp. to OHG. swephar, sweffar, swepfar, also swef(f)ari, sweffri, in the sam...
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sweert
sweert, a. Sc. (swirt) Also sweered, sweerd, sweired, sweirt, swear't. [? f. sweer a. + -ed (-t). Cf. swippert (see swipper).] = sweer 3, 4.1817 Lintoun Green Errata etc. 167 Sweered, yet willing. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inher. iv. (1825) I. 39 He maun tak what the doctor sends him..but 'tweel he's very ...
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smither
▪ I. ˈsmither, n. rare. Also 5 smyther. [f. smith v. + -er1.] A smith or smithier; a hammerman.1435 Coventry Leet Bk. 185 The Jorneymen..of all oþer Craftes..except hakmen and smythers wurche in hur own houses and nott in hur masters housz. 1881 Instruct. Census Clerks 45 Cutlery:..Blade Smither. Ib...
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swiper
▪ I. swiper (ˈswaɪpə(r)) [f. prec. vb. + -er1.] 1. A copious drinker. slang or colloq.1836 F. Mahony Rel. Father Prout (1859) 179 ‘Consule scholas Jesuitarum’, exclaims the Lord Chancellor Bacon, who was neither a quack nor a swiper, but ‘spoke the words of sobriety and truth’. 1878 Cumberld. Gloss....
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swepe
▪ I. † swepe, n.1 Obs. Forms: 1 swipu, swipe (suib-, swiop-, suiop-, sweop-, suyppu, swypu), 2–4 swepe, (2 swupe, 4 suepe, 5 swip). [OE. swipu str. fem., swipe wk. fem., corresp. to ON. svipa str. fem., whip, f. weak grade of Teut. swaip-: sweip-: swip-: see swope v.1 and cf. swaip, swape.] A scourg...
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swope
▪ I. † swope, v.1 Obs. Forms: 1 swapan, 3–5 swope, 4 Ayenb. zuope, 5 swoope, 6 suope. pa. tense 1 sweop, 4 swepe, 9 dial. swap(e. pa. pple. 1 swapen, 3–4 swopen, 4 isuope, iswope, swope, swpen, 4–5 yswope(n, 9 dial. swapen; weak 5 yswoped, iswoped, 5 swoped, -it. [OE. swápan, pa. tense swéop, pa. pp...
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feirie
† ˈfeirie, a. Sc. Obs. Also 5, 6 fery, 7, 8 feerie. [? repr. OE. *fériᵹ, f. fór action of going (see fore n.) + -iᵹ, -y1: cf. the synonymous fere a.] Fit to travel; hence nimble, vigorous. Const. of.c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. ix. ix. 10 His eldare Swne Wes noucht fery. 1513 Douglas æneis vi. v. 20 Als fer...
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