SWANUPPING

Swan"-up`ping, n.

Definition: A yearly expedition on the Thames to take up young swans and mark them, as by Companies of Dyers and Vintners; -- called also swan-hopping. [Eng.] Encyc. Brit.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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