SWIVE

Etymology

Verb

swive (third-person singular simple present swives, present participle swiving, simple past and past participle swived)

(archaic, transitive) To copulate with (a woman).

Synonyms: go to bed with, sard, sleep with, Thesaurus:copulate with

(archaic, transitive, dialectal) To cut a crop in a sweeping or rambling manner, hence to reap; cut for harvest.

Synonyms: crop, gather, glean, harvest, mow

Anagrams

• views, wives

Source: Wiktionary


Swive, v. t. Etym: [OE. swiven, fr. AS. swifan. See Swivel.]

Definition: To copulate with (a woman). [Obs.] Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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