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.
• 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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
