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swink

swink is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obs.] And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. Milton.
  2. 2.To acquire by labor. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. To devour all that others swink. Chaucer.
  3. 3.Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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