SWINKING

Verb

swinking

present participle of swink

Anagrams

• winkings

Source: Wiktionary

SWINK

Swink, v. i. [imp. Swank, Swonk (; p. p. Swonken; p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking.] Etym: [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.]

Definition: To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer. For which men swink and sweat incessantly. Spenser. The swinking crowd at every stroke pant "Ho." Sir Samuel Freguson.

Swink, v. t.

1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obs.] And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. Milton.

2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. To devour all that others swink. Chaucer.

Swink, n. Etym: [As. swinc, geswinc.]

Definition: Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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