What does "swink" mean?

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

Additional senses

  1. 2.To acquire by labor. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. To devour all that others swink. Chaucer.
  2. 3.Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

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