Definitions for: Swink

Webster (1913) Definition: Swink, v. i. [imp. Swank, Swonk; p. p. Swonken; p.
pr. & vb. n. Swinking.] [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See
Swing.]
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. [As. swinc, geswinc.]
Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.

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