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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWINK

v.i.To labor; to toil; to drudge.

SWINK

v.t.To overlabor.

SWINK

n.Labor; toil; drudgery.

SWINKER

n.A laborer; a plowman.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWINK

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

Defn: 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

SWINK 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

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

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

SWINKER

SWINKER Swink "er, n.

Defn: A laborer. [Obs. ] Chaucer.