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of Swink
Alt. of Swanky
An active and clever young fellow.
Resembling a swan.
A mark of ownership cut on the bill or swan.
A place where swans are bred.
Swanlike; as, a swanny glossiness of the neck.
The Chinese abacus; a schwanpan.
The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress.
A fine, soft, thick cloth of wool mixed with silk or cotton; a sort of twilled fustian, like moleskin.
The act of a swan with the down or the feathers on.
A species of soft flannel, thick and warm.
To strike; -- with off.
To exchange (usually two things of the same kind); to swop.
To fall or descend; to rush hastily or violently.
To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
A blow; a stroke.
An exchange; a barter.
Hastily.
See Sweep, n., 12.