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swink (iou) and Cropper (iou)


swink (iou)



swink verb & noun.
[Old English swincan from base parallel to that of swingan SWING verb.]
A. verb. Pa. t. & pple swinked, (arch.) swinkt.
verb intrans. Labour, toil, work hard. Now arch. & dial. OE.
verb trans. Labour or work at (a task); set (a person) to work, overwork. Now only as swinked ppl adjective, wearied with toil. arch. ME.
verb trans. & intrans. Drink. obsolete exc. Scot. dial. M16.
b. noun.
Trouble, affliction. rare. OE-LME.
Labour, toil. Now arch. & dial. ME.
swinker noun (arch.) a toiler, a labourer ME.

Cropper (iou)



Cropper noun3. Also cropper. L19.
[H. S. Cropper, English manufacturer.]
A kind of small treadle platen printing machine.