SWARVE

Etymology

Verb

swarve (third-person singular simple present swarves, present participle swarving, simple past and past participle swarved)

(UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) To swerve.

(UK, dialect, obsolete) To climb.

Anagrams

• swaver, wavers

Source: Wiktionary


Swarve, v. i. Etym: [See Swerve.]

1. To swerve. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser. Jamieson.

2. To climb. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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